Fashion Design Essentials

Fashion Design Essentials
Author: Jay Calderin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1592538274

"The advice offered throughout this book supplies a selection of starting points for fashion designers of all levels. It provides a wide variety of useful examples for each stage of the design process including: How to define concepts and render them; Understanding textiles and the process of selecting fabrics; Developing sewing skills and constructing garments; How to build a reputation and find an audience for your work."--Cover p. [4].

Digital Design Essentials

Digital Design Essentials
Author: Rajesh Lal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1592538037

Through hundreds of photographs, this dynamic guide demonstrates how to expertly apply design principles in a variety of devices, desktops, web pages, mobile and other touchscreen devices.

Layout Essentials

Layout Essentials
Author: Beth Tondreau
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2011-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1592537073

This book outlines and demonstrates basic layout/grid guidelines and rules.

Graphic Design Essentials

Graphic Design Essentials
Author: Joyce Walsh Macario
Publisher: Laurence King
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Adobe
ISBN: 9781856695992

Creating effective, eye-catching designs and layouts is a matter of both inspiration and practical know-how. This book integrates clear explanations of the concepts behind great design with instruction in the use of the core software packages - Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign. It helps beginner learn the essentials of graphic design.

Game Design Essentials

Game Design Essentials
Author: Briar Lee Mitchell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2012-03-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1118239334

An easy-to-follow primer on the fundamentals of digital game design The quickly evolving mobile market is spurring digital game creation into the stratosphere, with revenue from games exceeding that of the film industry. With this guide to the basics, you'll get in on the game of digital game design while you learn the skills required for storyboarding, character creation, environment creation, level design, programming, and testing. Teaches basic skill sets in the context of current systems, genres, and game-play styles Demonstrates how to design for different sectors within gaming including console, PC, handheld, and mobile Explores low-poly modeling for game play Addresses character and prop animation, lighting and rendering, and environment design Discusses the path from concept to product, including pre- and post-production Includes real-world scenarios and interviews with key studio and industry professionals With Game Design Essentials, you'll benefit from a general-but-thorough overview of the core art and technology fundamentals of digital game design for the 21st century.

GUI Design Essentials

GUI Design Essentials
Author: Susan Weinschenk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1997-04-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Developing software interfaces and company-wide GUI standards can be difficult, but it is nothing like having to continually redesign software that end users can't work with. This powerful book/CD-ROM package takes the uncertainty out of GUI design by providing you with everything you need to know to quickly design interfaces and your own GUI standards. Drawing upon their experience as leading interface designers, educators, and constultants, the authors teach you the art and science of user centered design. They show you how to bring end users into the design process in order to dramatically enhance the usability of your designs, while making efficient use of your design time. They tell you the right questions to ask and how to translate user feedback into practical design solutions. First, they describe the entire design process in detail, breaking it down into a series of steps accompanied by useful forms and checklists. Then they provide practical, step-by-step guidelines on how to design Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and the Web. On the CD-ROM you will find: Design quidelines as an online document; design guidelines in Microsoft Word 7.0 for you to use and customize; and, forms and checklists in Microsoft Word 7.0 for you to use and customize.

Graphic Design Essentials

Graphic Design Essentials
Author: Joyce Walsh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2020-10-23
Genre: Design
ISBN: 135007506X

Learning by doing is the best way to get to grips with new ideas, and graphic design is no different. Weaving together creative strategies and design principles with step-by-step Adobe software guidance, this unique book helps you to immediately put into practice the concepts as you're learning them so they become second nature. Covering all the introductory topics a designer needs to know – from working with colour and layout, to editing images and designing apps – this fully updated edition of the hugely popular Graphic Design Essentials includes plenty of hands-on instruction and real-life examples to give you a thorough grounding in the fundamentals. This new edition includes: - Coverage of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign - Examples of designs from the UK, US, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, China, the Middle East and Australia - Smaller supporting activities alongside major project exercises - New design formats, including apps and infographics - Downloadable resources to use within the software instruction

Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist

Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist
Author: Angie Taylor
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2013-03-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1136136851

Master the fundamental concepts and techniques of motion media design so you can apply--and occasionally break--the rules to achieve your communication goals. This authoritative guide presents all of the design essentials in an engaging and inspiring way. Each principle is explained with text, illustration and photography where necessary. An accompanying website will contain any necessary digital files for download, updates and links to other resources.

Analog Design Essentials

Analog Design Essentials
Author: Willy M Sansen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2007-02-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387257470

This unique book contains all topics of importance to the analog designer which are essential to obtain sufficient insights to do a thorough job. The book starts with elementary stages in building up operational amplifiers. The synthesis of opamps is covered in great detail. Many examples are included, operating at low supply voltages. Chapters on noise, distortion, filters, ADC/DACs and oscillators follow. These are all based on the extensive amount of teaching that the author has carried out world-wide.

Typography Essentials Revised and Updated

Typography Essentials Revised and Updated
Author: Ina Saltz
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-02-12
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1631596489

Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type is a practical, hands-on resource that distills and organizes the many complex issues surrounding the effective use of typography. An essential reference for designers since 2009, Typography Essentials is now completely refreshed with updated text, new graphics and photos, and a whole new look. Divided into four sections—The Letter, The Word, The Paragraph, and The Page—the text is concise, compact, and easy to reference. Each of the 100 principles, which cover all practical aspects of designing with type, has an explanation and inspiring visual examples drawn from international books, magazines, posters, and more. Typography Essentials is for designers of every medium in which type plays a major role, and is organized and designed to make the process enjoyable and entertaining, as well as instructional.