Art

Sam Knee, Lisa Kidner

Vintage T-Shirts: More Than 500 Authentic Tees from the '70s and '80s

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2006

"Vintage T-Shirts" is a phenomenal celebration of the ever-popular t-shirt, which brings together old favorites from the 1970s and 1980s. With more than 500 uncommon examples, this book documents history by examining this ubiquitous and affordable article of clothing. With full color photographs throughout, "Vintage T-Shirts" is a must have for t-shirt collectors, fashion buffs, and pop culture junkies alike.

Max Weber, Christian Campos

The Layout Look Book

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2007

When undertaking a new project, the first thing that must be decided on is the layout. Organized so as to encourage creativity, serendipitous discovery, and inspiration, "The Layout Look Book" is a great guide for both amateur and professional designers. The book includes techniques that can be used to enhance any layout, as well as insights into the factors that helped make each layout an effective piece. The styles covered in the volume range from traditional to cutting edge, and will enable any designer to become a more creative thinker and produce fantastic work.

The Monster Book of More Manga

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2007

The popularity of manga--Japanese cartooning--continues to grow, inspiring interest in learning how to draw this exciting style of comics. From comic illustration Ikari Studio comes the ultimate guide on how to draw manga. The Monster Book of More Manga is divided into sections focusing on the most popular manga figures and themes--Girls, Boys, Samurai, Monsters, and Computer. This new volume contains brand new sections on Mecha, Villains, and Animals, and a special section on Fairies. Each illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step instructions, taking the artist from an initial black-and-white sketch to the final color piece. They're also accompanied by practical suggestions, hints, and tips. From beginner to advanced, this monster-size manual is the must-have book for anyone interested in learning how to draw manga.

Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses

Editura: Collins

Anul aparitiei: 2007

This beautiful book presents a fascinating array of complete women's and girls' outfits dating from the 1830s to the present, including dresses, shawls, shoes, belts, bags, fans, and hair accessories. Also included is historical and contemporary background information on Native life and Native women and their dress. To accompany a major exhibit of the same name at the NMAI in March 2007.

The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2006

With 100 alluring images, this volume is a stunning collection of female fantasy art by renowned artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Full color.

Simon Schama

The Power of Art

Editura: Ecco

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Frank Warren

My Secret: A Postsecret Book

Editura: William Morrow & Company

Anul aparitiei: 2006

New York Times BestsellerPostsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with a fresh and compelling companion to his wildly popular Los Angeles Times bestseller, PostSecret. For My Secret, a collectible, paper-over-board book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, Warren has personally selected never-before-seen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students from across the country. Each card bears an intimate and powerful secret--at turns inspirational, shocking, hilarious, and poetic--that is told through original illustrations, photographs, collages, and other creative means. Sample messages include: "I am avoiding you because you are socially below me." "I know the truth to the lie my parents tell... " "My friends think I was homeschooled. I spent high school in juvi."A unique and important book that will appeal to both young adults and their parents, My Secret offers a raw and revealing glimpse into the real lives of today's teens and twentysomethings. Choosing their own handmade postcards over email or text messages, teens and college students express their hopes, fears, and wildest confessions in a way that truly represents their diverse ...

Frank Warren

The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A Postsecret Book

Editura: William Morrow & Company

Anul aparitiei: 2007

New York Times Bestseller Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling PostSecret series. For The Secret Lives of Men and Women, Warren has selected a never-before-seen collection of postcards bearing the explosive confessions and captivating revelations of men and women everywhere. Created using photographs, collages, illustrations, and more, the handmade cards offer a compelling dialogue on some of today's most provocative topics--from marriage and infidelity, to parenting, office politics, repressed fantasies, and even abortion--daring us to consider how well we really know our friends, family, even ourselves.

The Big Book of Graphic Design

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Leonard Shlain

Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light

Editura: Harper Perennial

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Art interprets the visible world. Physics charts its unseen workings. The two realms seem completely opposed. But consider that both strive to reveal truths for which there are no words--with physicists using the language of mathematics and artists using visual images. In Art & Physics, Leonard Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. From the classical Greek sculptors to Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and from Aristotle to Einstein, artists have foreshadowed the discoveries of scientists, such as when Monet and Cezanne intuited the coming upheaval in physics that Einstein would initiate. In this lively and colorful narrative, Leonard Shlain explores how artistic breakthroughs could have prefigured the visionary insights of physicists on so many occasions throughout history. Provicative and original, Art & Physics is a seamless integration of the romance of art and the drama of science--and an exhilarating history of ideas.

Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Here is a rare homage to the art of classic 2-D animation and the time-honored method of hand-drawing characters that come alive on the silver screen. The creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," reveals the art of brilliant character design, backgrounds, and prop art in this lavishly detailed handbook that unveils the complex secrets behind the deceptively simple and universally loved Simpsons characters. With creative insights, artists' sketches, helpful insider hints, and step-by-step instructions, enter the imagination of "master doodler" Matt Groening and receive some professional "how-to" advice from many of the animators and directors who have made "The Simpsons" the longest-running animated show and situation comedy in television history. In our technological era when animation has become increasingly digitalized, this unique handbook records the genesis of some of the most extraordinary examples of the art of hand-drawn animated characters.

Suzanne Loebl

America's Medicis: The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy

Editura: Harper

Anul aparitiei: 2010

From literary polymath Suzanne Loebl (the author of ten books, most recently the acclaimed America's Art Museums) comes the captivating, first-of-its kind exploration into the philanthropic and cultural legacy of one of America's wealthiest and most influential families: The Rockefellers. Fueled by John D. Rockefeller's vast petroleum fortune, the entire family's terrific passion for the arts transformed the artistic infrastructure of twentieth century America. Funding museums like the MoMA, the Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the Oriental Art at the University of Chicago, and commissioning major architectural projects like Rockefeller Center, Riverside Church, and Lincoln Center, the Rockefellers' achievements forever changed the cultural landscape of the Western world. Loebl's penetrating biography is the first book to deeply explore the family's critical role as collectors and patrons of the arts.

Frank Warren

A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book

Editura: William Morrow & Company

Anul aparitiei: 2007

New York Times Bestseller The award-winning PostSecret project's most profound and stunning postcards to date For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed. He has shared these PostSecrets on his award-winning blog, www.PostSecret.com, in an internationally traveling art exhibit, and in three electrifying books: the bestselling PostSecret, My Secret, and The Secret Lives of Men and Women. Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, Warren again delves into our collective confessions, presenting a never-before-seen selection of provocative and moving PostSecrets. A Lifetime of Secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. From painful admissions of infidelity to breathtaking revelations and endearing sentiments, Warren's latest collection will shock and move readers of every age, revealing secrets that have haunted their creators for a lifetime.

Emma Baxter Wright

Vintage Fashion: Collecting and Wearing Designer Classics, 1900-1990

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2007

The definitive word on the most influential designers and looks of the twentieth century, Vintage Fashion is a gorgeous resource for fashionistas, vintage clothing fanatics, and designers of all ages and varieties. Whether an aspiring fashion professional or simply a lover of vintage styles, Emma Baxter Wright's acclaimed guide to wearing and collecting vintage articles is an unmatched and invaluable guide to discovering a more exciting life-of-style today.

Marta R. Hidalgo, Publications Loft

The Sourcebook of Contemporary Fashion Design

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Vogue Spain fashion editor Marta R. Hidalgo offers the definitive collection of today's most influential designers and styles in The Sourcebook of Contemporary Fashion Design, a gorgeous resource for professional and aspiring fashion artists, merchandisers, fashion houses, and fashionistas--as well as anyone who wants to learn how preliminary sketches are transformed into gorgeous runway and ready-to-wear outfits.

Fantasy Art Now: The Very Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art & Illustration

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2007

This collection brings together the freshest and most exciting talents in the world of fantasy illustration. Featuring artists from around the world, this full-color book focuses on the latest and most imaginative work being produced today.

Erotic Fantasy Art

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2008

Erotic Fantasy Art is a unique showcase of the very best of today's erotic art. Drawing on a wide variety of work by traditional and digital painters and illustrators from all over the world, it is a stunning sourcebook of ideas and inspiration guaranteed to stimulate the imagination and the senses in one lush full-color volume. Inside you'll find: An inspirational showcase of images from leading erotic fantasy artists and rising stars The art of talents from around the globe such as Jim Murray, Arthur Suydam, Patrick Reilly, Cyril Van Der Haegen, Francis Tsai, and many many more The artists' inspirations, their techniques, and the stories behind their work Digital techniques that have introduced new styles into erotic fantasy art Exclusive interviews with artists, which reveal the secrets of their unique effects

Comickers Art: Tools and Techniques for Drawing Amazing Manga

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2008

The first book in the Comickers Art series, Comickers Art: Tools and Techniques for Drawing Amazing Manga explores the various drawing tools and art techniques necessary to create successful and authentic manga. This book will teach you how to use pencils, markers, brushes, and software to create all styles of manga, and features the manga artists who best use each of the key techniques. Four color finished work from each of the featured artists is also included to inspire.

Comickers Magazine

Comickers Art 3: Write Amazing Manga Stories

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2008

Comickers Art 3: Write Amazing Manga Stories delves deep into the creative process of manga storytelling, with detailed advice on how to take your own ideas and turn them into fluid and original stories. With beautiful full-color art and tons of helpful tips and tricks, this third volume in the Comickers Art series will inspire any manga fan to use their imagination to create entire worlds. With authentic instructions and original advice from the best manga creators--along with stunning illustrations from each featured artist--this book is a must-have tool for any aspiring manga artist. Including work from: Okama Hiroshi Kaieda Housen Eizou Shigeki Maeshima Miou Takaya

Comickers Art 2: Create Amazing Manga Characters

Editura: Collins Design

Anul aparitiei: 2008

"Comickers Art: Create Amazing Manga Characters" delves deep into the creative process of manga and shows how to transform two-dimensional sketches into detailed, life-like characters. With beautiful full-color art from cover to cover, this second volume in the Comickers Art series showcases authentic instructions and original advice from the best manga creators--along with finished illustrations from each featured artist. Both visually-stunning and extremely informative, this book is an essential guide for all aspiring manga artists.