Although its name clearly implies a close relationship with photography, Adobe Photoshop is widely used as an illustration and design tool. Photoshop has also excelled as a color separation tool for prepress and photochromy jobs. Cartoonists and Illustrators find the possibility of using pressure sensitive tablets with Photoshop a huge asset. Architects use Photoshop to embellish their perspective drawings. Industrial designers and 3d artists can correct and enhance their 3d rendering. Pixel perfect images are created by icon and web designers. This section is a guide to different art and design resources, such as books, software, fonts, clipart and tutorials to help you to build a creative way of thinking and working.
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The Goblins of Labyrinth: 20th Anniversary EditionIn 1986, the magical fantasy movie Labyrinth introduced the world to a set of unforgettable goblins from the minds of Jim Henson and Brian Froud. Not only has the film become a classic with a huge cult following, but Brian Frouds long out- of-print book about the malevolent and cantankerous goblinspacked with his brilliant drawings and paintingshas achieved similar cult status. Now Abrams is proudly reissuing The Goblins of Labyrinth in a brand-new 20th Anniversary Edition. With even mor... |
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The Big Book of Graphic Design (Big Book (Collins Design))The Big Book of Graphic Design is the independent, international, and indispensable collection of graphic design from around the world. The work is grouped into seven categories: Corporate design Design for the arts Design for music Design for education Editorial design Self promotion Unpublished. So, if you're looking for some ideas when designing a company brochure, go to Corporate Design. Need a theater poster? Look in Design for the Arts. Got a new band that could use some CD packagin... |
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Sticker City: Paper Graffiti Art (Street Graphics / Street Art)A worldwide survey of one of the biggest trends in street art: paper works of art glued to a city's surfaces.For some forty years, city streets have been home to the modern graffiti movement, and now there is a fresh creative twist. Walls, phone booths, curbs, traffic signs—in cities around the world public surfaces are adorned with hand-painted or hand-crafted posters and stickers.Claudia Walde, aka Mad C and herself a graffiti artist, traveled the globe from Philadelphia to Prague, Barcel... |
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Viking Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)Over 175 dynamic, royalty-free motifs — in a wide range of styles — taken from the metalwork, woodwork, textiles, carving, and ceramics of the Viking homelands. Sinuously intertwined patterns, mythological animals, dragon-slaying heroes on horseback, and many more. Now available in this inexpensive volume, these authentic images will provide endless inspiration.... |
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The Complete Color Harmony Workbook: A Workbook and Guide to Creative Color Combinations (Color Harmony)... |
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Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, Second EditionTo make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole world: how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get inside that puppet and first make it live, then make it perform.Susannah Shaw provides the first truly practical introduction to the craft skills of model animation. This is a vital book in the development of model animation which, foll... |
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100 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers: Insider Secrets from Top Designers on Working Smart and Staying CreativeEven the most talented graphic designer won't get far without savvy business and promotional skills. In the demanding realm of client and project management, any number of things can go wrong—resulting in lost clients, botched projects, even tarnished reputations. Now graphic designers in all disciplines can access valuable professional advice previously available only through expensive and time-consuming workshops and conferences. The book takes readers step-by-step through the entire des... |
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How to Draw Cartoons for Comic Strips (Christopher Hart Titles)... |
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Graphic Design School, Third EditionA carefully structured self-teaching guide, this completely updated edition of Graphic Design School provides current information on computer-aided design and the use of software applications in all aspects of design, including the creation of successful corporate logos, advertisements, and magazine design solutions.... |
