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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Making Books That Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist & Turn: Books for Kids to MakeGet ready to look at books in a whole new way! These unique projects consist of far more than paper stitched between cardboard covers. Instead, they showcase a host of fabulous features and magically unfold like a map, contain cards that slip into pockets, include pop-ups perfect for celebrating all types of occasions, and tell stories on a scroll. There's even one that unrolls like a movie. And kids will really enjoy choosing the style that's just right for what they want to say and do--so thei... |
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Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques, Second EditionThe new, updated edition of the successful book on interior design Interior Design Visual Presentation, Second Edition is fully revised to include the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior designer, with coverage of design graphics, models, and presentation techniques in one complete volume. Approaches to the planning, layout, an... |
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World Of Warcraft: The Art Of The Trading Card Game (World of Warcraft)With more than 300 pieces of art, this book is the first collection of the best paintings and drawings created for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.... |
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The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide to Running a Small Graphic Design or Communications Business, Third Updated EditionThe freelance designer's bible—a step-by-step guide to successful self-employment.Hailed by one reviewer as the creative business "bible," and considered the authoritative book on the subject for over ten years, The Business Side of Creativity is back, updated and revised to include even more invaluable facts, tips, strategies, and advice for beginning creatives.Every year the market for creative services expands-but the competition is increasing even faster. Today, success hinges not on ta... |
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The Designer's Guide To Marketing And Pricing: How To Win Clients And What To Charge ThemThe Designers Guide to Marketing and Pricing will answer all the common questions asked by designers trying to stay afloat in their creative businessand also successful designers who want to put a little more thought into their operations. Whether youre a freelancer, an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned small-business owner, youll learn everything you need to know about how to market and price your services.This book shows you how to:learn which marketing tools are most effective and h... |
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Tactile: High Touch VisualsNew developments occur when boundaries are crossed. Today, the most progressive designers are working at the intersection of various creative disciplines. They are challenging existing design principles and defining them anew. Many designers from different areas are choosing to no longer work exclusively in two dimensions and are instead dealing intensively with space, material and physical products. The book Hidden Track investigated this development in 2005 and portrayed it in its bread... |
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Drawing and Designing with Confidence: A Step-by-Step GuideReaders of this book learn graphic rendering skills quickly with the proven how-to approach that has made Lin the most successful teacher in the field. His method emphasizes speed, confidence, and relaxation, while incorporating many time-saving tricks of the trade.... |
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Graphis Design Annual 2008 (Graphis Design Annual)Graphis Photography Annual 2008 features the year’s best fine art and commercial photography, selected from an extensive pool of international entries. From beauty and fashion, still life and advertising to portraits, wildlife and photojournalism, each image has been reproduced in beautiful Graphis quality. All included photographs have earned the new Graphis Gold Award for excellence, and a carefully selected few have earned our new Platinum Award. This year’s edition also features... |
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Big Book of Fashion Illustration: A Sourcebook of Contemporary IllustrationFollowing the success of the bestselling New Fashion Illustration comes this exciting visual bible for illustrators and graphic designers. Featuring nearly 1,000 new and innovative images, it provides an unprecedented variety of approaches to the field. An international array of artists offer inspirational examples of every technique, from traditional watercolors, acrylics, and pencil drawings to cutting-edge designs using the latest technology from Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand, and digi... |
