The growing use of the computer in architectural and interior design has changed many work habits and procedures in the design office. The electronic revolution has opened the door to exciting options that were simply not possible before. One of these options is the almost infinite number of ways to study a proposed design in three-dimensional perspective views. Perspective Grid Sourcebook now offers architects, interior designers, and graphic designers hundreds of state-of-the-art computer-generated grids for plotting perspective and projection illustrations. This practical working tool contains several hundred small scale, exterior and interior, and nearly one hundred large scale perspective girds, including ground, eye-level, and aerial views, from a wide variety of viewing angles and distances. The volume also provides a helpful visual index that easily guides the user to the desired point of view. Created by an architect for designers as an aid in preparing perspective drawing, designs and presentation illustrations, Perspective Grid Sourcebook is the only collection of grids currently available in book form. This unique reference will enable design professionals to visualize designs quickly and to study them from a multitude of viewpoints.

For the last decade, Joe Quesada has guided Marvel and its characters back to prominence as editor in chief - along the way changing the manner in which the industry works from the inside out. With those achievements part of his resume, it’s perhaps easy to overlook that at the root of all his success is his skill as an artist. The Marvel Art of Joe Quesada doesn’t overlook a second of Joe’s artistry, featuring his best interior and cover artwork, as well as a wealth of unpublished images and sketches - plus commentary from Joe himself!

A world list of books in the English language.

Discover the art of rendering with markers through: * Profiles of top rendering pros, their techniques, and examples of their best work. * 65 Tips, Tricks, and Techniques you can use right now to improve your next design presentation. * Specific color combinations for rendering wood, brick, foliage, skies, chrome and other materials. * 40 Mini-Lessons with demonstrations of solutions to everyday rendering problems.

Featuring 600+ sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful botanicals, floral forms, plant structures, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants is a must-have visual reference book for student artists, botanical illustrators, urban sketchers, and anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills. Designed as a contemporary, step-by-stepguidebook for artists who are learning to draw botanical forms, Draw Like An Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants features an inclusive array of florals, ferns, succulents, and more, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Melissa Washburn is a skilled illustrator whose clear and elegant drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come.

This sequel to the highly successful Designing Maps, offers a graphics-intensive presentation of published maps, providing cartographic examples that GIS users can then adapt for their own needs. Each chapter characterizes a common design decision and includes a demonstration map, which is annotated with specific information needed to reproduce the design, such as text fonts, sizes and styles; line weights, colors, and patterns; marker symbol fonts, sizes, and colors; and fill colors and patterns. Visual hierarchies and the purpose of each map are considered with the audience in mind, drawing a clear connection between intent and design. The book also includes a valuable task index that explains what ArcGIS 9 tools to use for desired cartographic effects. From experienced cartographers to those who make GIS maps only occasionally, all GIS users will find this book to be an indispensable resource.

Covering a wide range of literacy topics, including literacy planning, programme implementation and literacy evaluation, the emphasis of this book is on literacy work at the grassroots. The theory and research come from rural and urban settings around the world and refer to literacy work with a variety of different learners. Written for all kinds of literacy workers and organisations, the book is an accessible and practical guide to all areas of literacy work. The themes of each chapter are listed at the beginning of the chapter, and chapters and sub-sections are self-contained so that they can be read independently.

Grids are an essential part of every graphic design problem, and their use makes continuity of images (as well as type and words) easier to achieve. This volume provides a wide variety of copy-right-free grids and templates for use in the preparation of printed, projected or electronic materials, ranging from brochures to proposals, direct-mail pieces, informational images and conversions to electronic formats.

The definitive book on contemporary photography, featuring 121 international artists.