Visual effects (VFX) are one of the most complicated components of feature film and television creation. With advancements in such technologies as Ray Tracing and Virtual Reality, the visual quality of the real-time rendering engine is now rivaling feature film. Real-time rendering requires years of programming experience with advanced understanding in math and physics.

Whether you are new to Stata graphics or a seasoned veteran, A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Fourth Edition will teach you how to use Stata to make publication-quality graphs that will stand out and enhance your statistical results. With over 1,200 illustrated examples and quick-reference tabs, this book quickly guides you to the information you need for creating and customizing high-quality graphs for any type of statistical data. Each graph is displayed in full color with simple and clear instructions that illustrate how to create and customize graphs using Stata commands. Stata's powerful graphics system gives you complete control over how the elements of your graph look, from marker symbols to lines, from legends to captions and titles, from axis labels to grid lines, and more. Whether you use this book as a learning tool or a quick reference, you will have the power of Stata graphics at your fingertips.

Cinematography: Theory and Practice: For Cinematographers and Directors, 4th Edition
English | 2022 | ISBN: ‎ 0367373459,0367373467 | 528 pages | True PDF | 144.39 MB
This book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from author and filmmaker Blain Brown.

Photoshop for Dummies: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Mastering Photoshop
English | 2021 | ASIN: B09KN2QMQQ | 66 Pages | Epub | 2.21 MB
Most people would love to use Adobe Photoshop but find it somewhere between difficult and impossible to learn. If you’re one of them, this book can help you. Photoshop can be easy to learn by understanding a few essential tools and techniques.

Add Affinity Designer to your creative skillset while creating innovative designs and illustrations, building a solid foundation for your future

Step into the world of animation and go beyond the fundamentals of Adobe Animate to bring experiences to life with the help of expert-led content

Design better logos and become a more successful, confident graphic designer with Made by James as your guide.
UK-based graphic designer James Martin shares his wealth of experience, information, and advice with one goal in mind: to help designers of all levels create better work and enjoy the process. James has designed hundreds of logos for a variety of top brands, and shares his unique creative process, from concept to sketches to final design. Learn how to create outstanding logos, craft and refine your creative process, build great relationships with clients, and become prolific and consistent.

English | 2022 | ASIN: B09Q3KGW66 | 51 pages | PDF,EPUP,AZW3 | 2.86 MB

Anatomy Made Simple for Artists
English | June 1st, 2020 | ISBN: 1841931950 | 115 pages | EPUB | 7.64 MB
Anatomy Made Simple for Artists is designed to bring the complex subject of anatomical art to beginners, presenting a dynamic visual record of the fundamental characteristics and creative possibilities of the human form.

Gumroad – Lettering Library Mega Bundle
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Every single book Lettering Library has ever released is included in this pack. This is a LARGE file at nearly 5 GB including 125 individual PDF's, so be aware that the download will take some time on slower connections.

Logotype by Michael Evamy
English | 2012 | ISBN-10: 1856698947 | 336 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Logotype is the definitive modern collection of logotypes, monograms and other text-based corporate marks. Featuring more than 1,300 international typographic identities, by around 250 design studios, this is an indispensable handbook for every design studio, providing a valuable resource to draw on in branding and corporate identity projects. Logotype is truly international, and features the world’s outstanding identity designers. Examples are drawn not just from Western Europe and North America but also Australia, South Africa, the Far East, Israel, Iran, South America and Eastern Europe. Contributing design firms include giants such as Pentagram, Vignelli Associates, Chermayeff & Geismar, Wolff Olins, Landor, Total Identity and Ken Miki & Associates as well as dozens of highly creative, emerging studios. Retaining the striking black-and-white aesthetic and structure of Logo (also by Michael Evamy) and Symbol, Logotype is an important and essential companion volume.

Design Elements: Understanding the rules and knowing when to break them - A Visual Communication Manual, Third Edition
English | 2020 | ISBN: ‎ 1631598724 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 60.62 MB
A new and updated 3rd Edition of Rockport's best-selling Design Elements, a visually rich and accessible handbook that presents the fundamentals of design in lists, tips, brief text, and examples. With new images and diagrams, the book covers everything from working with grids, color application, typography, and imagery to how to finally put it all together.

Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Stunning Effects (True PDF)
English | 2021 | ISBN: ‎ 1631598805 | 147 pages | True PDF | 152.71 MB
InCreative Watercolor and Mixed Media,popular watercolor artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon shares her simple step-by-step techniques for painting exciting and colorful motifs by combining watercolor with a variety of other user-friendly materials.

Logo Creed: The Mystery, Magic, and Method Behind Designing Great Logos
English | 2013 | True PDF | ISBN: 1592538282 | 217 pages | 101 Mb
Written by the founder of LogoLounge.com, this comprehensive handbook speaks to the magic of design and provides a glimpse into the designer's creed. Logo Creed puts designers directly in touch with strong mentors who speak candidly about the processes that lead to successful designs. Designers including David Airey, Bill Gardner, Von Gitschka, Paul Howalt, Jerry Kuyper, Brian Miller, Miles Newlyn, Sherwin Schwartzrock, Felix Sockwell, plus many more share their sketches, brainstorms, false starts and most successful techniques.

Drawing Type: An Introduction to Illustrating Letterforms
2014 | ISBN: 1592538983 | English | 208 pages | PDF | 39.1 MB
Part inspiration and part workbook, these hand-drawn type of images will inspire and excite any designer to draw and explore type. Drawing Type features real-world projects and sketchbooks of well-known type designers, including interviews about their processes. Playful, hand-drawn type can easily be used in a range of disciplines within design and illustration such as packaging, editorial, posters, advertising, online graphics, and signage; the hand-made aesthetic is more prevalent now than ever.

David Hornung, Michael James Ardis, "Color: A workshop for artists and designers, 2nd Edition"
English | ISBN: 1856698785 | 2012 | 168 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Taking a practical approach to color, Color: A workshop for artists and designers is an invaluable resource for art students and professionals alike. With its sequence of specially designed assignments and in-depth discussions, it effectively bridges the gap between color theory and practice to inspire confidence and understanding in anyone who works with color.

What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color
English | April 28th, 2020 | ISBN: 1419734512 | 144 pages | EPUB | 18.01 MB
A comprehensive illustrated exploration of the fascinating science of color
Arielle and Joann Eckstut, authors of The Secret Language of Color, offer a thorough, readable, and highly visual exploration of the science of color. Organized by 50 of the most essential questions about color across a variety of fields—physics, chemistry, biology, technology, and psychology—this book examines how and why we see color; how color relates to light; what the real primary colors are; how biology, language, and culture affect the colors that we see; and much more. Full of clear and elegant infographics, What Is Color? is a must-have for artists and designers, scientists, students, and decorators, and anyone else whose work or play involves color.

Art Station – Clint Cearley: Characters - Designing & Drawing
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Simplifying character design into simple principles and strategies. In this eBook by MTG artist Clint Cearley you'll look at the process of character design from sketching thumbnails to final painting. Every step is shown with examples and case studies. You'll also dive into relevant related topics like shape language, design philosophy, anatomy and methodologies. These side investigations carry the bulk of the information needed to improve understanding and refine your characters.

Featuring a curated collection of about 500 exquisite designs, along with essays from top designers about the essence and importance of good typography in design, Design: Type is an insightful resource filled with mini-workshops that dissect several featured projects and highlight the effectiveness of the type treatments.
The first in a new series, this informative sourcebook offers the best of typography in practice and is an essential resource for students and professionals alike.