Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different animals.

A catalog of design ideas for music-related material. This book will offer designers a vast collection of inspiring and innovative graphic works from the world of music. The main emphasis will be on music graphics including album/CD covers and inside spreads, packaging, posters, and other sales materials from the past decade. Music makes the world go 'round, and great album designs generate sales for the record companies that back the artists. By...

How much would a course on drawing cost given by the top 100 international manga artists? How much would they charge to share their most highly valued techniques? This book brings together 100 manga artists and asks each one to offer 10 practical tips for the manga enthusiast on techniques, sources of inspiration, and the best way to build their portfolios. Detailed photographs, 1,000 in total, taken by the artists themselves serve to illustrate each...

El presente texto recoge reflexiones que fundamentan el planteamiento de un instrumento para el análisis de variables basado en la generación de mapas mentales tras la percepción y la experiencia estética. Esta información es de importancia metodológica para estudiantes de programas profesionales de diseño, específicamente de comunicación visual, ya que les permite analizar fenómenos complejos y generar síntesis icónicas con un mayor nivel...

When Nick decides to teach his cats to read, Verne is very much interested, especially in books about mice and fish, but Stevenson wants nothing to do with the project--or does he?

Andrew Airpump ask'd his Aunt her ailment, Davy Dolldrum dream'd he drove a Dragon, Jumping Jackey jeer'd a Jesting Juggler, and Rory Rumpus rode a raw-bon'd Race-horse among other antics in this antique alphabet of tongue twisters. Originally published in 1836, this charming collection of whimsical rhymes was redesigned 100 years later by some of the twentieth century's most celebrated typographers. The artists volunteered their services and worked...

Françoise Mouly takes us behind the scenes at the New Yorker and reveals how the magazine creates its signature covers commenting on the most urgent political and cultural events of the day. She shows the shocking and hilarious sketches that didn't make the cut and explains how these are essential stages in the evolution of a cover that stands the test of time but retains its edge. Her book captures contemporary history-from the farce of Monica Lewinsky...

Tu vois ce que je veux dire ? » L'expression est banale. Plus qu'une vraie question, c'est un tic de langage, un lieu si commun qu'on ne l'entend plus. À l'autre, on demande de voir quelque chose que l'on veut dire, comme si ce basculement image/langage allait de soi. Cet écart entre le voir et le dire est le sujet principal de cet essai dans lequel Clément de Gaulejac propose de réfléchir au rle de la figuration dans la production du sens....