About  Contact  Add Link		Category add your link Graphic Design Sort by: Popularity | Title | Rating Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (51) | Rate (7) Description: Without a clear, balanced layout, even the most interesting information is likely to be ignored. But balance doesn’t have to mean boring, as cutting-edge designers are showing with exciting new deconstructionist looks. Making and Breaking the Grid is both a practical workshop in traditional layout design and a bold and inspirational guide to breaking the rules. In the first part of the book, designers learn the basics of working with layout grids for all types of projects, including advertisements, books, posters, and invitations. Once they’ve mastered that process, the fun begins—and the second part of the book shows how to deconstruct the grid to create edgier, more interesting work. Bringing the common yet critical element of layout to new levels of innovation, this much-needed book gives designers the license and the means to break away from convention and create work that is unique and fresh—yet effective and user-friendly. Timothy Samara is a graphic designer living and working in New York City, where he is a principal of SamaraLee Communication Design. He teaches typography and visual communication at the School of Visual Arts, in New York City. [] http://rapidshare.com/files/395504454/Making_and_B.... The End of Print: Graphic Design of David Carson hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (43) | Rate (7) Description: "The End of Print" is the first collection of the work of David Carson, arguably the most innovative and influential graphic designer of the 1990s. Carson's ground-breaking approach to typography and layout has provoked praise and criticism worldwide, and has inspired a following of young designers eager to break with tradition and forge a new aesthetic. This revised and extended edition contains a significant number of new images from this key period in Carson's career. Two illustrated essays provide an overview of Carson's work, setting it in the context of graphic design history. They examine critical appraisals of the book and discuss the impact that Carson's work has had on contemporary graphics. [] http://depositfiles.com/en/files/u7cj6qeu7.... How To Make Your Own Vector Portraits (Photoshop Tutorial) hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (39) | Rate (4) Description: Step by Step Tutorial - Every artist have their own style of creating a vector portrait ranging from ultra-realistic to very cartoony. What you’ll learn in this Tutorial is my style of making one and hopefully you can come up with our style after learning the basics of vector art. Let’s begin. [] http://depositfiles.com/files/hs6julsit....... Digital Character Animation 3 hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (40) | Rate (5) Description: Whether you’re creating animation for television, advertising, games, or multimedia, [digital] Character Animation 3 can help you bring your imagination to life. In this updated classic, both newcomers to digital animation and old hands looking to hone existing skills will find essential techniques for creating lively, professional-quality animation that are applicable to any software application. Combining the fundamentals of modeling, rigging, and animation with advanced-level information on characterization, directing, and production management, author George Maestri has created an essential resource for digital animators. [digital] Character Animation 3 is packed with beautiful new artwork and Maestri’s invaluable expert tips. Along with clear instruction on the theory and practice of foundation techniques such as rigging, walk-cycles, and lip-synch–the tutorials and exercises in this book let you practice what you’ve learned. Maestri also offers in-depth information on creating nuanced characters that feel “alive” and win audience empathy and attention. The book’s final chapter guides you through the entire filmmaking process, from story development through voice casting and animation directing. [] http://depositfiles.com/files/tdjdl6yk5....... Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (43) | Rate (6) Description: Graffiti has long been a ubiquitous aspect of the urban landscape, since anonymous, largely unsung spray-can art first hit city walls in New York and Philadelphia in the late 1960s. As hip-hop culture spread from America, graffiti became a worldwide phenomenon, emerging in the 1980s as the symbolic artistic language of young people everywhere. Today's graffiti artists incorporate a variety of mediums, including stickers, stencils, oils, acrylics, and oil-based chalk, as well as an ever-expanding range of social commentary. This evolution in style and subject matter has guaranteed graffiti's long-lasting influence on art, graphic design, and style around the world. [] http://depositfiles.com/files/brogvzloj....... Logo Font & Lettering Bible hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (28) | Rate (7) Description: Every business needs a logo-the mark that tells consumers who they are and what service they provide. Designers are responsible for creating this mark. It's an extremely difficult task, especially when you consider that most designers select from the same pool of existing fonts and/or images to create a "unique" identity for their client.This book-a hands-on guide to the entire logo-making process-combines an enjoyable visual approach with extensive, industry-tested information. It puts the tools of innovative logo making into the hands of designers, giving them the expertise and inspiration they need to create their own lettering and art for truly unique logo design.They'll learn how to:develop a discerning eye for quality lettering and logo designcreate innovative logo design both traditionally and on the computercreate custom-made fonts for use in logo designbuild a profitable business with logo design workWith the tips and instruction in this book, designers will no longer have to rely on pre-existing typefaces or clip art to design competitive logos-now they can do it all themselves. [] http://rapidshare.com/files/379594511/Lo....... Logos: making a strong mark. 150 strategies for logos that last hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (45) | Rate (6) Description: Logos are among designers? most highly sought-after projects, but they are often one of the most difficult projects for a designer to nail. This book takes a look at those challenges? The logos that have truly pushed a designer? Creativity and forced him or her to reach inside. The authors examine 180 logos, making it easy for designers to take away insightful tips they can put to work immediately. The author tracks the lifecycle of each logo from its challenge through the process to the final result. Scattered throughout the book are sidebars featuring 15 logos that were made over. The author talks about why the makeover was needed and, with the before and after logos side by side, discusses if the re-do was successful. Color images throughout that show the logos from conceptual stages to final art make this book an at-a-glance reference for anyone? Designer or entrepreneur? Who wants to take an active role in the creation of his or her brand mark. [] http://depositfiles.com/files/ddi838gs7....... Graphic Design for the 21st Century hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (38) | Rate (7) Description: Covering a vast range of cutting-edge graphics, with politically charged anti-commercial work placed in the same context as Nike's latest ads, this book presents a sweeping look at today's most progressive graphic currents - from signage at packaging to branding and web design. [] http://depositfiles.com/files/32gxksz9o....... Logo Design Workbook: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos hamed   |   2010-06-27   | Visited (24) | Rate (6) Description: This book will be the first in a series of practical and inspirational workbooks that will cover all the fundamental areas of the graphic design business. Each book will provide the reader with a range of content about the featured subject providing a number of tools to help them make better designs. This series will go beyond our traditional showcase books yet remain succinct and to the point so designers are able to get the information they need quickly and easily. This book/series will offer the reader ideas and inspiration by featuring hundreds of real life logos from around the world that have succeeded for their clients, as well as hardworking content focused on the basics including: - Choosing colors - Choosing the right typeface - Size matters - How to incorporate logos on products and collateral - Common mistakes in logo design - What makes a logo successful Scattered throughout the second portion of the book will be profiles/interviews with prominent logo designers as well as sidebars which examine the evolution of many well known logos as well as some historical logos that have shaped graphic design. [] http://rapidshare.com/files/168253358/lo....... Graphic Design For The 21st Century: 100 Of The Worlds Best Graphic Designers hamed   |   2010-06-21   | Visited (40) | Rate (6) Description: The Editors: Charlotte J. Fiell studied at the British Institute, Florence and at Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London, where she received a BA (Hons) in the History of Drawing and Printmaking with Material Science. She later trained with Sotheby's Educational Studies, also in London. Peter M. Fiell trained with Sotheby's Educational Studies in London and later received an MA in Design Studies from Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London. Together, the Fiells run a design consultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition, study and promotion of design artifacts. They have lectured widely, curated a number of exhibitions and written numerous articles and books on design and designers, including TASCHEN's Decorative Arts series, 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th Century, Industrial Design A-Z, Designing the 21st Century, and Scandinavian Design. [] http://4shared.com/file/28161797/9679b260/851_3822.... 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next | >>