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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Basics Design Layout (Basics Design)... |
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Type Cast: Creative Page Design Using Words, Type and Letters*Besides the photos, type and the treatment of words is the most important element on a scrapbook page. The words scrapbookers use add depth to the meaning and content of their layouts--and they can be even more effective when artfully presented with types designed to evoke certain emotions, sensibilities, or dimensions. *Typography was recently ranked the fifth most popular topic among Memory Makers readers, a trend made evident in the market by the popularity of various lettering produc... |
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The World of OrnamentArtists, historians, and art lovers will appreciate this lavish idea book, and interior designers and patternmakers will be delighted that all of the ornamental designs dating from medieval times through the 19th century which may be used and reproduced without restriction. Includes DVD-ROM containing high-resolution scans of all individual ornaments for unrestricted use.... |
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Editing by Design: For Designers, Art Directors, and Editors--the Classic Guide to Winning ReadersThis completely updated edition of an industry classic shows a new generation of editors and designers how to make their publications sing! Readers will find a treasury of practical tips for helping story and design reinforce each other and create powerful pages that are irresistible to readers. Brimming with hundreds of illustrations, Editing by Design presents proven solutions to such design issues as columns and grids, margins, spacing, captions, covers and color, type, page symmetry, and muc... |
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The T-Shirt: A Collection of 500 Designs... |
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The Big Book of Logos 5 (Big Book of Logos)The Big Book of Logos 5 continues the tradition begun in 1999 with David E. Carter's original Big Book of Logos. Thousands of the best logos and trademarks in use in the world today have been collected and published within the pages of this series. Chosen from the Logo 07 competition, both international and American firms are represented here and contribute a profusion of styles and images to the book's vast content. A designer who wants a reference to help jumpstart the process of creating... |
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The Designer's Toolkit: 500 Grids and Style SheetsGood graphic design relies on a simple, fundamental concept: the grid. With the invisible, unifying structure they provide, grids bring consistency and visual harmony to multi-page or multi-screen documents. The Designer's Toolkit is the first book to streamline the use of this critical tool, providing a fast-track way for both experienced and amateur designers to identify and employ the best grid for the job. A CD embedded in the book's cover includes 500 ready-to-use grid templates formatted f... |
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Graphic Communications Today, 4EHere is the definitive book on graphic communications in a thoroughly researched and gloriously designed all-new fourth edition. Get deep inside the concepts and practical applications of traditional and cutting-edge media in the explosive world of contemporary visual art. Throughout its long and storied history, Graphic Communications Today has been the essential first step for aspiring visual artists. This landmark book presents the full scope of visual communication in all of its rich di... |
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Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, Vol. 1The biggest names in comics scriptwriting talk candidly and frankly about their profession, their approach to writing and the comics industry as a whole. Through a series of interviews, these luminaries in the comics field reveal the mechanics of writing for comics and, in the process, a great deal about themselves. Packed with personal information, contentious views and humorous anecdotes, this is both an exploration of the writer's craft and a who's who of the hottest comics' talent around tod... |
