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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Ancient Scandinavian Designs (International Design Library)... |
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U&lc : Influencing Design & TypographyU&lc magazine (Upper & lower case) was a defining voice in graphic design worldwide between 1970 and 1999. It was in some ways a lifestyle magazine for the desgin community providing a fascinating intersection of popular cultural and graphic design in the last quarter of the 20th century. The list of editorial contributors to U&lc is long, and many prominent designers worked on designing entire issues. Their best work is showcased in this book through the reproduction of selected covers, stori... |
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Floral, Folk and Paisley Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)Convenient, visually appealing collection, adapted from such images as floral clusters, Slavic and Far Eastern motifs, and other designs, has a multitude of uses. Suitable wherever decorative illustrations are needed — textiles, wallpapers, needlework, and stencil patterns — the 417 black-and-white images will be invaluable to artists, designers, and crafters.... |
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The Big Book of Color in Design (Big Book (Collins Design))Now available in paperback, The Big Book of Color in Design focuses on color as a tool to create moods and symbolic images.The book is categorized into 30 different sections, such as “classy,” “hot,” “regal,” or “corporate.” Each section features current graphic design projects that fit into these moods. For each of the featured projects, a “color chip” appears, with the CMYK formula for creating a similar tone. In all, hundreds of examples of u... |
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Front Cover: Great Book Jackets and Cover DesignYou can’t judge a book by its cover…but some covers simply speak for themselves. The most influential book jacket designs from throughout the 20th century are on display, and the fascinating images track their evolution from throwaway utilitarian “dust jackets” into a powerful modern art form. Three hundred hardcover and paperback book jackets appear in full color, including many from rare first editions seldom seen outside a serious collector’s library. Accompanyin... |
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Experimental Formats & PackagingNew Mini Format!Experimental Formats & Packaging examines exciting design problems, such as how to make a book that does not look like a book, and how to create packaging that can be taken into new design dimensions while still fulfilling its essential, functional role.While both formats and packaging are notoriously difficult areas in which to be innovative and revolutionary, the authors have brought together examples that combine awareness of process and materials and creativity without compro... |
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Type Style Finder: The Busy Designer's Guide to TypeChoosing the wrong typeface or type style can destroy the effectiveness of a design, and finding the perfect typeface is not as easy as it sounds. There are hundreds of options and after a day in front of the computer screen, it's hard to be convinced that any one of them is the right choice. Type Style Finder is the answer for many weary designers.This rich volume is the easy to navigate, sourcebook for choosing type and color. Divided into four sections-aspect, mood, time frame era, and age gr... |
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Looking Closer 3, Vol. 3: Classic Writings on Graphic Design (Looking Closer)Rare and difficult-to-find essays provide fascinating reading in this third anthology in the Looking Closer series, a matchless resource tracing the continuum of critical thought from graphic design's earliest days as a viable art and craft. Looking Closer 3 brings back into discourse more than thirty seminal essays by such distinguished figures as William Morris, Aldous Huxley, Alvin Lustig, and Paul Rand, reviving ideas of form and content as well as arguments over manner and style that have b... |
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Scientific Illustration: A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display (Design & Graphic Design)... |
