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Color Harmony Compendium by Origin; Tina Sutton; Terry Marks; MINE A complete colour reference for all designers.
Call Number: BF789.C7 C656 2009
ISBN: 9781592535903
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Design Elements, Form & Space by Dennis Puhalla Design principles never change. They serve as the foundation of the designer's thought process and are the essential tools that define a visual language. With hundreds of fundamental principles for creating successful design compositions, Design Elements: Form & Space establishes a basis for visual organization strategies and serves as a comprehensive manual for graphic designers. Understanding how elements interact in a layout is a critical step in stimulating visual thinking and compositional decision-making, and this book illustrates these principles in numerous diagrams, drawings, and practical examples of application. You'll also learn how conventional color harmonies effect form and space and how to apply elements to images and type to create balanced layouts. Gain a deeper aesthetic understanding of form in the context of ordering space with Design Elements: Form & Space.
Call Number: N7430 .P85 2011
ISBN: 9781592537006
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Digital Painting Techniques by 3Dtotal.com (Firm) Staff Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techiques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with Digital Painting Techniques for Animators.
Call Number: N7433.8 .D54 2013 v.1
ISBN: 9780240521749
Publication Date: 2009-09-16
Design: Logo by Von Glitschka; Paul Howalt It's inevitable. At some point in your career as a designer, you're bound to work on a logo. "Design: Logo, " the exciting new book in our Design: series, is an inspirational resource created for everyone who works or wants to work on logo design. "Design: Logo" showcases over 300 eye-catching logo designs chosen by two leading identity designers. In addition to being an inspirational guide, this book also includes helpful information such as "Close Ups," in which the authors dissect 20 projects and point out the details that make each so successful, and five insightful essays by prominent logo designers. This must-have resource puts inspiration right in your hands, allowing you to peruse your ideas and see what other designers are doing in the field. With over 300 exemplary logo designs, you'll be primed and ready to create outstanding designs of your own.
Call Number: NC1002.L63 H68 2014
ISBN: 9781610589437
Publication Date: 2013-12-01
Modern Printmaking by Sylvie Covey Printmaking is flourishing in the digital age, appealing to both "traditional" artists as well as those interested in graphic design and digital technique. This all-in-one guide to printmaking technique is a complete technical and inspirational book on the history and contemporary processes for relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, mixed media/transfers, and post digital graphics, with extended profiles of a wide range of contemporary printmakers. Featuring instruction, interviews, example images, and philosophy, this beautiful book provides a truly modern look at printmaking today, in all its forms.
Call Number: NE850 .C68 2016
ISBN: 9781607747598
Publication Date: 2016-01-26
Printmaking by Bill Fick; Beth Grabowski Printmaking is a practical and comprehensive guide to printmaking techniques with clear step-by-step illustrations. This fully updated second edition contains new images throughout, including improved process shots and examples of the latest work from contemporary printmakers. There are expanded chapters on digital and mixed media processes, as well as a brand new 'Print & Make' chapter, which explores the opportunities for creative expression within the many processes available to print makers. For example, this edition includes a new, detailed section on Japanese moku hanga woodblock printing while the more traditional techniques of relief, intaglio, collograph, lithography, screen printing and monoprint have also been refreshed. The addition of new images showing a broader range of subject matter, include more contemporary prints and international artists. Each technique is explored from the development of the printing or digital matrix, through the different stages of creation to image output. Guidance on how to set up a print studio, sections on troubleshooting techniques and the inclusion of up-to-date lists of suppliers, workshops and galleries make this an essential volume for beginner and experienced printmakers alike. Special attention is given to safe practices, addressing the important concern for health and safety. Step-by-step illustrations provide an enhanced visual reference - either photographic or diagrams for clarity - and the authors have supplied more information on safer and more sustainable practices. Since nontoxic alternatives are a rapidly growing and ever-evolving landscape, Printmaking 2nd Edition presents products and practices that are accessible worldwide. Praise for Printmaking 2nd Edition 'A lavishly illustrated large-format volume that constitutes a veritable printmaker's bible.' - The West Australia News
Call Number: NE850 .G638 2015
ISBN: 9781780671949
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop by April Vollmer An increasingly popular yet age-old art form, Japanese woodblock printing (mokuhanga) is embraced for its non-toxic character, use of handmade materials, and easy integration with other printmaking techniques. In this comprehensive guide, artist and printmaker April Vollmer--one of the best known Japanese woodblock printing practitioners and instructors in the West--combines her deep knowledge of the historic printmaking practice with expert instruction and presents a collection of diverse and gorgeous prints by leading contemporary artists in the medium, as well as her own work. At once practical and inspirational, this handbook is as useful to serious printmakers and artists as it is to creative types who are drawn to Japanese history and aesthetics and are looking to experiment in other media.
Call Number: NE1300 .V65 2015
ISBN: 9780770434816
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Block Print by Andrea Lauren Learn to create classic block print patterns for greeting cards, wallpaper, book illustrations and more with Andrea Lauren's easy step-by-step instruction! Artist and Designer Lauren shows you simple techniques for creating your own printing blocks out of art-foam. With no cutting and chiseling, these art-foam blocks can be made into shapes and patterns using only scissors and a pencil. Use these printing blocks, or purchased stamps, to create repeat patterns or bundled groupings to get that classic block print look for wallpaper, book illustrations, framing prints, greeting cards, gift wrap, fabric prints, and so much more! Throughout the book, find inspiration from selected works of block print artists from around the world. The new, easy-to-use block printing materials are great for beginners and skilled artists alike. Make your mark with Block Print!
Call Number: NE1330 .L38 2016
ISBN: 9781631591136
Publication Date: 2016-05-15
Graphic Design and Architecture, a 20th Century History by Richard Poulin This comprehensive work closely examines the relationship between typography, image, symbolism, and the built environment.
Call Number: NK1390 .P67 2012
ISBN: 9781592537792
Publication Date: 2012-11-01
Designing Type by Karen Cheng An indispensable new guide for developing and designing typefaces One of the most essential tools of graphic design, typography influences the appearance of visual print materials perhaps more than any other component. This essential book explains the processes behind creating and designing type. Author Karen Cheng discusses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often overlooked relationships between letters and shapes in font design.   The book is illustrated with numerous diagrams that demonstrate visual principles and letter construction, ranging from informal progress sketches to final type designs and diagrams. A wide range of classic and modern typefaces is analyzed, including those from many premier contemporary type foundries. Introductory essays and diagrams emphasize the history of type, the primary systems of typeface classification, the two main proportional systems for type, the parts of a letter, the effects of new technology on design methodology, the optical illusions that affect density and balance in letterforms, and the differences in form between basic serif typestyles. The book provides detailed guidelines for creating serif and sans serif letters, numbers, punctuation, and accents.   As design clients increasingly call for original and custom typefaces, Designing Type is a superb reference for both students and professional graphic designers.  
Call Number: Z246 .C44 2005
ISBN: 0300111509
Publication Date: 2006-05-19
The Elements of Graphic Design by Alex W. White This very popular design book has been wholly revised and expanded to feature a new dimension of inspiring and counterintuitive ideas to thinking about graphic design relationships. The Elements of Graphic Design, Second Edition is now in full color in a larger, 8 x 10-inch trim size, and contains 40 percent more content and over 750 images to enhance and better clarify the concepts in this thought-provoking resource. The second edition also includes a new section on web design and new discussions of modularity, framing, motion and time, rules of randomness, and numerous quotes supported by images and biographies. This pioneering work provides designers, art directors, and students--regardless of experience--with a unique approach to successful design. Veteran designer and educator Alex. W. White has assembled a wealth of information and examples in his exploration of what makes visual design stunning and easy to read. Readers will discover White's four elements of graphic design, including how to: define and reveal dominant images, words, and concepts; use scale, color, and position to guide the viewer through levels of importance; employ white space as a significant component of design and not merely as background; and use display and text type for maximum comprehension and value to the reader. Offering a new way to think about and use the four design elements, this book is certain to inspire better design.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Call Number: Z246 .W56 2002
ISBN: 9781581152500
Publication Date: 2002-11-01
Complete Manual of Typography, the: a Guide to Setting Perfect Type by Jim Felici (Contribution by) Beautifully designed and richly illustrated The Complete Manual of Typography, Second Edition, is the fully updated version of THE seminal book on typography by Jim Felici. This book is about how type should look and how to make it look that way - in other words, how to set type like a professional. It explains in practical terms how to use today's digital tools to achieve the secret of good design: well set type. An essential reference for anyone who works with type: designers, print production professionals, and corporate communications managers can go to straight to the index to find focused answers to specific questions, while educators and students can read it as a text book from cover to cover.   You'll Learn:   Basic Concepts and anatomy of good typography, indexed for quick reference by busy professionals How to manage fonts and handle corrupted or missing fonts on any operating system What makes good type good (and bad type bad) Techniques for working with measure, point-size, leading, kerning, and other type fundamentals Practical ways to fix composition problems such as loose lines, bad rags, windows, and orphans Hard-to-find rules for managing hyphenation and justification, indents, text wraps, and expert-set characters Secrets of how to wring out good type from uncooperative word-processing and layout problems The latest font technologies, including OpenType New typographic tools and improved font services in Operating Systems such as Windows and Mac OS New Techniques, and coverage of working methods such as style sheets. 35 page glossary of type terms
Call Number: Z250 .F44 2012
ISBN: 9780321773265
Publication Date: 2011-07-14
Just My Type by Simon Garfield A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product we buy. But where do fonts come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman, the cool anonymity of Arial, or the irritating levity of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Typefaces are now 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. Beginning in the early days of Gutenberg and ending with the most adventurous digital fonts, Simon Garfield explores the rich history and subtle powers of type. He goes on to investigate a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seeming ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters, and exactly why the all-type cover of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was so effective. It also examines why the "T" in the Beatles logo is longer than the other letters and how Gotham helped Barack Obama into the White House. A must-have book for the design conscious, Just My Type's cheeky irreverence will also charm everyone who loved Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Schott's Original Miscellany.
Call Number: Z250 .G228 2011
ISBN: 9781592406524
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Elementary Platen Presswork by Ralph W. Polk Originally published in 1931, this concise manual of presswork has guided generations of printers through the basic operation of platen presses. Everything is covered here, from hand-setting type to adjusting the press bed to regulating ink coverage and impression depth.
Call Number: Z256 .P77 1931
ISBN: 9781603370059
Publication Date: 2009-07-01

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