My mom gave me 500 dollars for Christmas and said "please don't use this for rent or a car payment. Buy something fun with this."

So I'm going through my amazon wishlist that i've been compiling for a long time and I'm wondering which art books and tools are really worth buying.


What I draw is basically just 80s style retro anime with cars motorcycles, robots, demons and skulls. I occasionally do portrait or figure studies but only as a means to an end. The aforementioned are basically the only things I want to get better at.

My perpective is ok, my anatomy is not great, my rendering is horseshit. composition is bad. emotional expressions and gesture are bad.
Proko's study skull
https://www.proko.com/tool/anatomical-skull/overview

ABROBROKI Body Kun and Body chan action figures

Stonehouse anatomy

Stonehouse perspective

Human Model Craft Anatomy Skull Head Muscle Bone Medical Artist Drawing Study (Blue)

Tokyo Sweet Swendoline

Pussycat Kill Kill Kill

How to Render: the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity
by Scott Robertson, Thomas Bertling

Anything else you suggest?