A working all-paper pinhole camera in a pop-up book-a fun and educational way to learn about light and analog photography. This Book is a Camera concisely explains-while actively demonstrating-how a humble structure can tap into the intrinsic magic of how light works to produce a photograph (without electricity, optics, or chemicals.)
Prepare to be amazed. This book is as much a work of art as it is a pop-up book. Each of the 26 three-dimensional letters move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a snap. M stands at attention. X becomes Y with a flick of the wrist.
Defying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools. Never has humble paper had such radical ambitions.
Discover how to create classic fantasy, imaginative sci-fi, and comic art, with advice on how to tell visual stories, make inspired illustrations, and create strong characters. You'll also learn how to paint better spaceships, faeries, aliens, and elf rangers, with plenty of tips about creating a traditional or modern look using digital techniques, as these star artists reveal their secrets for designing and painting classic fantasy illustrations using modern tools of the trade like Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and Wacom tablets.
Everything you always wanted to know about graphic design but were too afraid to ask. One fateful rainy day, a bored kid asks his grandfather "what in the world is graphic design?" Starting with that innocent question, this book takes its readers on a charmingly illustrated and cleverly revealing whirlwind tour through this creative discipline’s milestone developments, personalities, and technologies.
In the age of smartphones and selfies, why not learn from the pros how to take great photos to share with friends and family! Here's a fun, fact-filled, kid-friendly guide that is jam-packed with all the essentials for budding photographers.
There are shapes all around us—shapes that look like the letters of the alphabet. This book contains 120 pages of unique typographic illustration known as "Letter Art." This introduction to typographic design is the first of its kind, and promotes and improves letter recognition, observation, spelling, and design skills.
A stunning and comprehensive first colors book from the color experts at PANTONE! This artful introduction to the world of color goes above and beyond by presenting 9 basic colors and 20 different shades of each basic color. Young readers will learn to identify colors in a variety of dark, light, and mid-tones, and will start identifying their favorite and least favorite shades.
This is a resplendent pop-up version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the original publication. With sparkling touches of colored foil and Emerald City eyeglasses, this classic tale is certain to find an honored place on the family bookshelf. N.B: A preview of the book is available on You Tube
Who knew that a publication that looks like an attractively designed children's book could take such a revealing look at the demanding topic of typography.
Over ten years of searching has produced cornucopia of extraordinary deep sea images, of which 100 are selected here, shot in the warm waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. From Swimming with Giants to the God of Small Things, six chapters portray the inspirational qualities of marine life.
