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Vintage Labels and Posters CD-ROM and Book (Full-Color Electronic Design Series)

Excellent full-color reproductions of 276 old-fashioned labels that once adorned cigar boxes, fruit and vegetable crates, wine bottles, travel bags, and more depict a host of attractive subjects. Images of elegant ladies, rugged cowboys, Middle Eastern potentates, quaint villages, and other subjects are ideal for use by commercial artists, designers, and hobbyists....

Graphic Design: A Concise History, Second Edition (World of Art)

The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and most important in the history of 20th-century visual culture. Created to inform, identify and promote, graphic design has evolved from its roots in the development of printing to become a profession and a discipline in its own right. This authoritative documentary history begins with the poster and goes on to chart the development of word and image in brochures and magazines, advertising, corporate identity, television and electronic me...

Art That Kills: A Panoramic Portrait of Aesthetic Terrorism 1984-2001

Art That Kills examines the point where art meets crime. The book documents a diabolical era, 1984-2001. It chronicles the evolution of a new aesthetic movement, a terrifying fringe of Underground Art where enlightenment and depravity combined. Murder, rape, torture, pedophilia, cannibalism, drugs, sedition, racism and blasphemy mixed with literature, history, politics, news, movies, TV, punk rock, philosophy and science. The book profiles a pantheon of dissidents and deviants, presents excerpts...

Non-Format Love Song

Non-Format is a London-based design studio comprised of the Norwegian Kjell Ekhorn and the Brit Jon Forss. This creative team has built a formidable international reputation with exceptional graphic design and illustrations that are strikingly innovative and fresh yet have a timelessness that goes beyond fleeting style trends. The monograph Non-Format presents the full spectrum of their work, which ranges from delicate drawings for album covers to riveting advertisements for Coke an...

Art Deco Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Rich archive of crisply rendered line drawings used in textiles, fashions, jewelry, and domestic accessories of the 1920s and '30s, selected from works by Erté, Edgar Brandt, Jeanne Paquin, and Paul Manship, among others. These distinctive designs will add a dazzling touch of the Jazz Age wherever they're applied. 213 black-and-white illustrations. ...

Comickers Coloring Book

Comickers Coloring Book features fascinating manga illustrations from top Japanese artists, along with a step-by-step guide to manga coloring techniques so anyone can enjoy this popular art form. Regardless of age or skill level, from budding artist to polished professional, anyone with an interest in coloring manga characters will find Comickers Coloring Book fun and engaging. ...

Installationview

Somewhere between an artist’s book and a catalogue, Installationview provides insight into the works and process of artist Ryan McGinness. The book is a dense collection of new paintings, works on paper, installations, sketches and notes, inspiration snapshots, and pieces made specifically for its pages.“McGinness has developed an expansive vocabulary of eccentric, vaguely familiar symbols drawn from art historical and modern vernacular sources.”—the New York Times“An unusual marriage ...

Musikraphics

Songwriters and musicians convey complex emotions through their music, and graphic designers and artists are then faced with the challenge to create complimentary graphics to go with them. The vibe of the content, record and CD covers, tour posters, stickers and fan club accessories can transcend mere packaging and become timeless cultural ephemera. Focusing on contemporary designs from today's most exciting underground and indie music, pop, country, jazz, R&B, Hip Hop, alternative rock and elec...

The Art Of Comic-Book Inking 2nd Edition

Gary Martin's two volumes of The Art of Comic-Book Inking have become the industry-standard manuals for aspiring inkers seeking to take their work to the next level or for working professionals looking to broaden their skills base. Now, these two textbooks have been combined into a single value-priced volume and expanded with new material, including three additional blue-lined artboards featuring pencil art by master comics illustrators Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and Gil Kane. Gain insights into ...

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book
This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3--written by the experts at Adobe Systems' is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques...

Dot Dot Dash: Designer Toys, Action Figures And Character Art
Dot Dot Dash! is brought to you by the editors of Pictoplasma and Pictoplasma 2. Expanding on the widely popular subject of contemporary character design, this definitive volume showcases an up-to-date survey of the personalities and characters that have entered the third dimension...

Crumble, Crackle, Burn: 60 Stunning Textures for Design and Illustration
Crumble Crackle Burn is not only an inspiring book for incorporating texture into design, but also an affordable tool for transforming your images with textures--you'll receive 120 royalty-free textures you can use immediately!