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Digital Art (World of Art)
Christiane Paul
Thames & Hudson, 2003
Consice overview of who is who
+ one of the best new digital art guides ever.
I used this book as a textbook in the classroom. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants a quick overview and to use this as a lanching point to understanding what new media is and exploring its rich and growing history. It's also very affordable.
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Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design
Chen Design Associates
How, 2006
Inspirational
+ Great!
+ Very cool
+ A beautiful book
+ Simply beautiful
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The Art of Rock Posters from Presley to Punk
Paul Grushkin
Abbeville Press, 1999
A Sixties poster reference
+ THE ART OF ROCK : POSTERS FROM PRESLEY TO PUNK
I bought this book when it was first published in the late eighties. At that time I had been collecting posters for about ten years. I was familiar with most of the Fillmoe and Avalon series, but this book opened my eyes to posters from many other venues I hadn't seen before. It's true what the ...
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Memories Lost, the art of Hoang Nguyen
Hoang Nguyen
Liquidbrush/Brandstudios, 2007
Memories Lost, and now found
+ Nice few pages...
Hoang Nguyen is an amazing illustrator and artist, with a portfolio stretching from hand drawn superheroes in Marvel Comics to 3D cybergods for Bandai Video Games. His diverse style continues to evoke a range of deep emotions, which adds almost a spiritual connection to his work. This book, ...
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The Art of Halo
Eric S. Trautmann
Del Rey, 2004
A "must have" for a true Halo fan!
+ Stunning !!!
+ The Art of Halo
The Art of Halo: Creating a Virtual World; text by Eric S. Trautmann, is a compilation of ideas, art and final products that came out of creators of the best game ever, Halo CE / Halo 2. I, definitely, enjoyed reading it. There is a large number of pictures, drawings and "in game" screen captures. ...
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Sex Appeal: the Art of Allure in Graphic and Advertising Design
Steven Heller
Allworth Press, 2000
When Sex Sells It Sells Very Well!
+ Uh, ok. Sure.
Heller has done a superb job exploring the emergence of super-sexy figures and the ultra-erotic images used in modern advertising. The average grocery store-sold magazine of today has more sex in it than any male magazine sold during the 1960s or 1970s. Why? Because people love sex and they ...
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Extreme Photoshop CS
Matt Kloskowski
friends of ED, 2004
Wonderful and inspirational!
+ Fantastic
+ It shows shows you the WHY as well as the How. That's Important
Photoshop has been known for years as one of the most capable and powerful software packages available. Each iteration to the present Photoshop CS version has gotten more and more powerful and feature-rich. For many people, Photoshop is frighteningly hard to learn and use beyond mere photo editing ...
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World Art 2: 11 Art Projects from 11 Different Cultures
World Art 2
Jumby Bay Studios, 2005
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Digital Nature Photography Closeup
Jon Cox
Amphoto Books, 2005
This is a beautiful book
+ Digital Nature Photography Closeup
This book is exactly as it says on the back cover....A Complete Guide to Macro Digital Nature Photography. And well done. Well worth my investment.
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New Masters of Poster Design: Poster Design for the Next Century
John Foster
Rockport Publishers, 2006
Love this book!
+ Posters
+ Great poster book
+ Great designs
+ Source for inspiration
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Paper, Metal & Stitch: Creating Surfaces with Color and Texture
Maggie Grey, Jane Wild
Interweave Press, 2005
teach an old dog to stitch!
+ Great eye candy and techniques for paper artists
+ this is one inspiring book!
+ Amazing artwork
+ Paper Muse
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Graphic Design - USA
Graphic Design USA
Not worth paying for
GD USA is a monthly magazine targeted at, and available free to, professionals within the graphic design community. It consists overwhelmingly of promotional material - advertising, company profiles, personal profiles, and so on. If you are not in the business, you will find little of interest ...
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Adobe Indesign CS3
Windows | Adobe, 2007
Hard to "Design" a better product
Let's start with a few disclaimers. If you don't have at least 2 Gigabytes of RAM on your computer, 50+ gigabytes of memory and a processor running at 1.5 gHZ or faster, there's a chance that this program will give you some issues. Additionally, as I've just learned from the earlier reviews, this ...
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Color Design Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design
Noreen Morioka, Terry Stone Sean Adams
Rockport Publishers, 2006
AWESOME!!
+ Very Helpful
+ LOVED IT!
+ Good basic book on color.
+ Lots of examples, little guidance
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Artistic Techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter: A Guide for Photographers
Deborah Ferro
Amherst Media, 2005
Hidden secrets
+ Artistic Techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter
It's filled with lovely images & the basic steps she uses. You are expected to have knowledge of Painter & Photoshop. What I found lacking was precise details on the retouching with examples of the size brushes she uses & the before and after examples. For instance she has a cottage that she ...
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