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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Design for Special Events: 500 of the Best Logos, Invitations, and GraphicsFeatures the kind of graphic design that gets special events noticed.Special events either get noticed or fail. Design is the most important factor in which course an event will take. With often a very large investment and high expectations for turnout at the pressure of the design team to create a memorable visual and aesthetic is huge.Modeled on the format and presentation of Business Graphics, this book will feature a vast collection of designs for special events from around the globe. Design... |
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Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars and Pilots of Another GalaxyCome explore the vehicle designs of a far away galaxy called Galaxion where futuristic concepts exist in everyday life. Nine different spaceships, pods, race cars, giant trains, warships and balloons from various planets of the Galaxion system are shown from concept to completion. Daniel Simon is an established senior car designer who has spent the last several years focusing his talents on futuristic concepts for such automakers as Bugatti and Lamborghini. In his first book, Cosmic Motors, each... |
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Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas.A new take on color combinations! Color Index 2 contains hundreds of different color combinations, each with an accurate formula for both print and web use. You'll easily find the best colors for your piece with chapters organized by dominant hue, and with unique expansion palettes--sets of four related hues arranged from dark to light--that allow you to explore even more color combinations for limitless possibilities. Designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists alike will fin... |
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Color Design Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Color in Graphic DesignDesigners know that color is an extremely vital part of any design project and not a subject to be taken lightly. For better or for worse, it affects moods and elicits reactions.Color Design Workbook invites readers to explore color through the language of professionals. As part of the Workbook series, this book aims to present readers with the fundamentals of graphic design. It supplies tips regarding how to talk to clients about color and using color in presentations. Background information on... |
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The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and DesignThere are other books about creating video games out there. Sure, they cover the basics. But The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design goes way beyond the basics. The authors, top game designers, focus on creating games that are an involving, emotional experience for the gamer. Topics include integrating story into the game, writing the game script, putting together the game bible, creating the design document, and working on original intellectual property versus working with licenses.... |
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How to Think Like a Great Graphic DesignerTake a peek inside the heads of some of the world’s greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions, and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the gr... |
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1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to PerfectionThe ability to wield typography is one of those things that is a clear indication of a talented designer. Being able to craft type well and thoughtfully takes a deep understanding of the inherent complexities and a keen eye for the minute and subtle details. This book contains a collection of 1,000 instances of thoughtful type usage along with credits that note what fonts were used in the design. Like its predecessor, 1,000 Graphic Elements, the photography in this book focuses in on the typogra... |
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Letterhead and Logo Design 9Now available in paperback format, #9 of this the best-selling annual Letterhead and Logo Design features the most creative and inspiring work in the field from well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting edge artists. Includes everything identity, from logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, and the creative techniques and full-color images portrayed in this broad range of work will inspire new design solutions for age-old challenges that beg for a fresh approach. Both desi... |
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Area_2AREA_2 is the second volume in Phaidon's acclaimed AREA series. This series is part of Phaidon's collection of ''10x10'' compendiums, including CREAM, FRESH CREAM, BLINK, 10x10, 10x10_2, and SPOON. AREA_2 features 100 of the world's most interesting emerging graphic designers, as chosen by 10 of the most respected figures in the field. The book contains over 1,500 images that reveal the talents and trends of contemporary graphic design as it has evolved over the past five years. AREA_2 is an int... |
