English | December 30, 2014 | ISBN: 1505845408 | 88 pages | EPUB | 11 Mb

Learn to draw by sketching what surrounds you everyday. In Observational Sketching, author Mariko Higaki—an ISDA Gold Award–winning industrial designer based in Japan—teaches you how to practice and learn to sketch by using well-established observational techniques.

The Illustrated Story of Art: The Great Art Movements and the Paintings that Inspired them

1,000 Graphic Elements: Details for Distinctive Designs
Rockport | Wilson Harvey | 2004 | PDF | ISBN: 159253077X | 320 pages | 138 Mb
Often, the small, delightful details make a piece shine, similar to the way unique buttons on a white shirt can give it an entirely new look. This book explores 1,000 of these embellishments available to graphic designers across all kinds of projects, from books to brochures, invitations to menus, CDs to annual reports.

Making your subjects look age appropriate is vital to successful children's portraiture. Many artists fall short with features that are too severe, skin that lacks that glow of youth or proportions that are too much like those of adults. In this book, you'll learn how to use tried-and-true oil painting techniques to achieve fresh skin tones, shiny hair, crystal clear eyes…all the qualities that will make your portraits look truly authentic.

Starting off at the very beginning, Photoshop For Beginners 4th Revised Edition from the authors of Photoshop Creative magazine, will walk you through everything you need to know about Photoshop. From Elements to CS6, you'll learn what the tools are, how to use them, how to get started with your projects and the best ways to edit your images. This revised edition includes updates for CS6, and features brand new tutorials to help you get creative. Featuring: Getting started - Find your way around the Photoshop interface and discover what's new in Elements
10. Basic corrections - Easy-to-follow tutorials to master the simplest image-editing techniques. Retouching - Touch up those imperfections to make your images flawless. Quick fix - Enhance your photos in no time at all.

Powered by Design: An Introduction to Problem Solving with Graphic Design

The Draw Any Animal Book: Over 150 Simple Step-by-Step Drawing Sequences for Every Kind of Creature

The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniversary: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation

The principles of drawing and painting wildlife, from how to draw a subject in motion to practical advice on selling wildlife art
Artists have always been inspired by the wildlife around us, and the challenge of representing it. This book sets the scene of how wildlife has been portrayed in art and guides the reader through the principles of drawing and painting wildlife. It covers recommended equipment, techniques, fieldcraft, composition, and anatomy, and offers guidance for those wishing to exhibit their work. It explains how to begin drawing wildlife and then add color, how to paint outdoors, and how to use photography and museum collections. It also covers printmaking and sculpture, and showcases inspiring images from more than 20 leading artists.

Overcome the obstacles to your artistic expression
Improving your artwork can be as simple as learning how to trust your eyes. Your Artist's Brain shows you how to portray even the most complex subjects by focusing on what you really see - not what you think you see.

Typography, when coupled with unbridled creativity, craftsmanship, and obsession, can take the mesmerizing form of an ambigram. Ambigrams are typographic designs that combine optical illusion, symmetry, and visual perception. The resulting word or phrase can be read in any number of orientations, viewpoints, or directions.

July 4, 2016 | ISBN: 978-1617292958 | English | 240 pages | True EPUB | 7 MB

Instructional Story Design: Develop Stories That Train
English | ISBN: 9781950496600 | 280 pages | April 2020 | EPUB | 16.98 MB

Once Upon a Time, Storytelling Met Instructional Design
From children to adults, everybody likes a good story. Stories are memorable, actionable, and emotional. We are constantly making sense of the world by forming stories, and that makes them perfect for instructional design.