The Complete Idiot S Guide To Graphic Design

If you can dream it, you can design it Whether your goal is to design your own marketing materials, launch a visually compelling blog, or just have some fun creating your own CD covers, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Graphic Design is your one-stop reference. Presented in an intuitive, accessible format, here are the fundamental elements of design and design principles, as well as instruction on how to apply those elements and principles to a variety of projects. • Covers art supplies, software, concept development, reproduction needs, and much more • Sample projects include business cards, print and web ads, and graphic T-shirts • Follows the success of other titles aimed at the aspiring artist, including the Complete Idiot’s Guide® titles on digital photography, drawing, and manga

So you've got a small business and you want to try your hand at designing your own business cards and marketing materials. Or maybe you want to launch your own blog and need help coming up with a logo and an overall design that captures the vision of your site. No? Well maybe you just want to have some fun creating your own CD covers and graphic T-shirts. Whatever your reasons for not attending graphic design school only to later realize that you have a practical or impractical use for the art's principles, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Designis your one-stop reference. Presented in an intuitive, accessible format-in four-colour-The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Designquickly gets readers up and running on the fundamental elements of design and design principles and then teaches readers how to apply those elements and principles to a variety of projects.

History comes alive! Presented in a high-impact, graphic novel format, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated is a visually exciting and easy–to–understand alternative to boring textbooks. Innovative design and lively illustrations transport readers back in time to witness these events and more: • The changing lives of the Native Americans • The abolishment of slavery • The achievement of suffrage • The scandals, wars, and assassinations of the twentieth century • America's famous and infamous historical figures

Promising a complete introduction into the world of illustrating computer-generated images, this text leads readers through basic digital drawing and painting techniques to create simple illustrations.

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The web-based basics! Aspiring web entrepreneurs will find here everything they need to know about starting and running their own small-scale online business. Whether they intend to sell goods, services, subscriptions, or advertising, this book provides them with the specific nuts and bolts of planning, designing, build­ing, hosting, marketing, and operating their online businesses. • The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Starting Your Own Business has over a quarter million copies sold in five editions • 1.6 million web-based businesses in the U.S., a $175 billion market in 2007 • Online businesses benefiting from increasing number of Internet users—with increased traffic for subscription, advertising, and affiliate program revenue

Writers and illustrators alike will find in this Complete Idiot's Guide® the best overall introduction to the world of graphic novels. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Creating a Graphic Novel, Second Edition is a clear, step-by-step guide to creating a graphic novel from beginning to end-from developing a concept to getting it to readers. It begins with planning, plot, and dialog; moves on to pencil drawing, inking, and adding text and colors; and ends with the all-important tasks of publishing and marketing the finished novel. Heavily illustrated, it follows the evolution of an original 8-page story. Along the way, it explains the tools used, demonstrates techniques, and offers professional tricks of the trade.

This second edition provides a humorous approach to learning, which will have you writing JavaScript applets in no time. You get a insider's view of the new features of JavaScript 1.1 and how they integrate with various Web browsers.