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Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art profiles and celebrates the work of today's leading practitioners of art of the fantastic, as well as a handful of gifted newcomers from around the globe. The range and impact of their work is both inspiring and far-reaching. These 28 masters have created images for television, movies, gaming, museum exhibits, theme park rides, and every area of publishing. Some of the artists featured only employ traditional...
42) Never Use Futura
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It's everywhere, including the moon (on the commemorative plaque left by Apollo 11 astronauts), Nike sneakers, the artworks of Barbara Kruger, Ed Ruscha, and Jenny Holzer, 2001: A Space Odyssey credits, Domino's Pizza boxes, Absolut Vodka bottles, and Red Bull cans. Richard Nixon used it for his presidential campaign, as did Hillary Clinton. Indeed, Futura is one of the most used fonts in the world today-the typeface of modern design-more so even...
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Andrew Airpump ask'd his Aunt her ailment, Davy Dolldrum dream'd he drove a Dragon, Jumping Jackey jeer'd a Jesting Juggler, and Rory Rumpus rode a raw-bon'd Race-horse among other antics in this antique alphabet of tongue twisters. Originally published in 1836, this charming collection of whimsical rhymes was redesigned 100 years later by some of the twentieth century's most celebrated typographers. The artists volunteered their services and worked...
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Françoise Mouly takes us behind the scenes at the New Yorker and reveals how the magazine creates its signature covers commenting on the most urgent political and cultural events of the day. She shows the shocking and hilarious sketches that didn't make the cut and explains how these are essential stages in the evolution of a cover that stands the test of time but retains its edge. Her book captures contemporary history-from the farce of Monica Lewinsky...
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Life as a design student is filled with questions. Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor of Design Mitch Goldstein has many answers, shared in clear, clever, and sage advice that is helpful for students at any level of their education, as well as anyone thinking about attending design school and wondering what it's really all about.
For design students and art professionals, Goldstein is a brilliant resource for real-world thoughts...
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Multi award-winning designer, typographer and TED speaker, Craig Ward, presents his first self-authored book - Popular Lies About Graphic Design. An attempt to debunk the various misconceptions, half truths and, in some cases, outright lies which permeate the industry of design. Lovingly designed and written both passionately and irreverently, Ward pulls from his ten years of experience to tackle lighter subjects such as design fetishists, Helvetica's...
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Between 75 to 80% of all books are sold online, whether they are hardback, paperback or digital. That means the first cover a customer is likely to see is going to be about 160 pixels tall or smaller. That, in turn, means that some design techniques that used to work are no longer viable. Learn the 21st Century approach to book cover design because people do judge a book by its cover.
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Design School: Type is an instructive guide for students, recent graduates, and self-taught designers. You'll get a comprehensive introduction to typography, a crucially important skill that underpins practically every aspect of graphic design These guided lessons offer in-depth analysis of all the major areas of theory and practice used by experienced professional designers. Each section is interspersed with tests designed to help you retain the...
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A complete guide to making computer artworks, from dynamic action scenes to fantasy landscapes.
Today, digital art appears everywhere - in print, on television, and in the movies. With the rapid advancement of digital art tools, illustration using these methods of is often faster and more effective.
This illustrated guide shows you how to create digital artworks using Photoshop and other popular software platforms. Award-winning illustrator David...
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Reprinted from a rare portfolio of abstract design by two notable French illustrators, published in Paris in the 1920s. The 87 designs, which reflect the influences of Cubism and Neo-Impressionism and the emergence of the Art Deco aesthetic, are in a variety of useful shapes and sizes, each faithfully reproduced and royalty-free.
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Love is one of the most profound, mysterious, and complicated emotions known to human beings. There are many types of love, which can be, expressed in numerous ways. We seek to establish a means of relating to another to achieve deep and meaningful fulfillment that nurtures and sustains us. Love is commonly, experienced by way of a romantic relationship with a partner with whom we feel compatible.
Loving another has many events that can affect us...
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Tu vois ce que je veux dire ? » L'expression est banale. Plus qu'une vraie question, c'est un tic de langage, un lieu si commun qu'on ne l'entend plus. À l'autre, on demande de voir quelque chose que l'on veut dire, comme si ce basculement image/langage allait de soi. Cet écart entre le voir et le dire est le sujet principal de cet essai dans lequel Clément de Gaulejac propose de réfléchir au rle de la figuration dans la production du sens....
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An Alphabet Apart
In Letters, the art and poetry of the English alphabet comes alive through rhythm and rhyme in philosophically charged verse. Much can be learned about a people by the language they use, but what can be said of the letters of that language? This playful treatise on the English alphabet explores the art and philosophy of some letters as they gained form in one artist's eye and expression in the language of a wondering wordsmith....
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Este documento partió del interés de actualizar el texto "Anotaciones sobre la definición del campo publicitario", realizado en 2005. Además de las reflexiones sobre el campo y la disciplina de la publicidad, este texto aborda las lógicas de producción de valor y de producción de conocimiento en el campo publicitario. Estos nuevos temas no son excluyentes con el énfasis que el primer documento hace en los procesos comunicativos y semióticos...
55) You can do
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187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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From the Publisher: Get that story out of your head and onto paper! A guide to creating graphic novels-presented in the form of a graphic novel-from a veteran in the field! In You Can Do a Graphic Novel, Barbara Slate guides aspiring graphic novelists through the same process she learned in her early days working for Marvel and DC Comics-a process she has simplified for the classes she teaches and for the syndicated column she writes. Written in...
56) 100 illustrators
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669 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 33 cm
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"Hervé Tullet invites you to a joyful dance where your hand is the star and the book your stage. A gentle glide to start things off, a few little leaps, then big bouncy jumps -- growing in complexity and animation finally building to a crescendo of color, action, and movement!"--
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A classic and essential text for designers since 2009, Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids just got better with a fresh exploration of its design principles, updated text, and new photos and international graphics.
Grids are the basis for all design projects, and learning how to work with them is fundamental for all graphic designers. From working with multi-column formats to using type, color, images, and more, Layout Essentials...
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Packaging is everywhere you look, it's in your refrigerator, your medicine cabinet, your closets, on the streets, in the stores, etc. Putting together a compendium of 1,000 of the best packages will offer designers a true array of inspiration and illustrate why people make the buying choices they make. The package of a product often times makes or breaks a sale-consumers are drawn to certain colors, graphics, and shapes, and this book will have plenty...
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Valorar la viabilidad técnica de encargos de reprografía de distinta naturaleza. Interpretar la información de la consola de los equipos de reprografía y del software de impresión y grabación relacionándola con las necesidades de reproducción de los originales. Realizar la reproducción de trabajos reprográficos ajustando los parámetros necesarios y aplicando criterios de calidad según una orden de trabajo, original o muestra autorizada....
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