What Art things would you buy for 100$?

[Samuel Gray]

Title says it all. I have 100$ of spending money I can use that is left over to get ready for this next semester in college.
I already stocked up on sketch pads, pencils, and charcoal stuff. I got some acrylic paints and brushes for Christmas.

I just want to see if any of you have something great in mind to buy in the arts that could be of much use or for knowledge. Example: art dvd's, books, even more pencils (leadholders), paint/brushes, etc.
Basically anything that has either taught you a great amount or helped you produce more quality work that is in the range of 100$.

[Grief]

i'd go for a good pen set and inking supplies.

[Samuel Gray]

Any of those you would suggest?

[trop]

The new Massive Black art book that is coming out and Spectrum 15 together would be around a 100 dollars. Don't have the massive black book yet but the Spectrum 15 is pure awesome and worth the money.

[Aphotic Phoenix]

DIY light table/box? (Can be done for $30-$50 vs. paying way too much for a pre-built)

Also, depending on what your reference library might be lacking, bookstores like Barnes and Noble usually have weird/interesting photo books on sale.

[Ferdinand Venter]

Marko Djurdjevic: Character Ideation (https://www.createspace.com/Store/ShowEStore.jsp?rtnPt=0&id=221650&isPreview=true) $45.00

[Viridis]

Hit up Amazon.com and their used section if you want books. Spectrum 15 is indeed a pretty pretty book, but $45 is a lot to shell out for just one book. (At least for me, I have no money.) I think Amazon has it for like $30, and the older Spectrums are probably available used for half that.

Personally I'd get more supplies. The art books you can enjoy in the store if you have the time to sit, and some libraries even have them. Also, I think almost everybody who's in Spectrum has an online gallery.

Get whatever supplies you feel you need, or just fun stuff to play around with. I recently got some of those metallic "liquid acrylics." I don't have any need for them, but they're going to be really fun to play with.

Ultimately, art can be done pretty cheap (pencil and paper ftw) so either get some nice stuff you wouldn't normally have money for, or shell out for the super-expensive books. Whatever you think is better.