Gesture Drawing for Animation by Walt Stanchfield



Gesture Drawing for Animation by Walt Stanchfield
Walt Stanchfield | no ISBN | 2006 | PDF | 215 Pages | 8.5 MB



Walt Stanchfield was an animator who taught life drawing classes for animators with a special emphasis on gesture drawing. For each weekly class session, he wrote informal handouts to emphasize the theme of the current class session, to comment on work done in the previous class, or discuss whatever topic struck his fancy.

A Treasury of Celtic Design by Courtney Davies



A Treasury of Celtic Design by Courtney Davies
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing (September 1999) | 0094787301 | PDF | 11,2 Mb | 60 pages

A Coloring Book of Ancient Ireland by Wendy Alpern Stein



A Coloring Book of Ancient Ireland by Wendy Alpern Stein
Publisher: Bellerophon Books (June 1978) | 0883880601 | PDF | 13,4 Mb | 48 pages

A child's history of ancient Irish art, with droll Celtic people and animals admist ancient mazes and patterns. From 8th and 9th century artifacts and the Books of Durrow and Kells.

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The Art of The Lord of the Rings



Gary Russell, «The Art of The Lord of the Rings»
Houghton Mifflin | ISBN: 0618510982 | 2004-11-15 | 46 pages | PDF | 194 Mb

A dual-edition full-color book for the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart through the celebrated film trilogy. Many of the images included in this volume, depicting pivotal scenes and characters, were previously embargoed and have never appeared in book form. The work of Alan Lee and John Howe — the two artists most closely associated with Tolkien's world — is featured, along with that of many other talented artists and designers. The artists' own descriptions of the design process used in creating the look of the films both enlighten and enliven this essential book.
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Expose 3



Expose 3
223 jpg | cam-version | 2304x3072 pixels | 315 Mb | Ballistic Publishing | ISBN 192100214X

EXPOSÉ 3 is the third edition of the industry's best art book celebrating the creative talents of digital artists worldwide. Surpassing the number of entries for both EXPOSÉ 1 and 2, EXPOSÉ 3 sets the bar even higher for quality of entries and awards across existing and new categories. To accommodate the additional award winning entries in EXPOSÉ 3, Ballistic Publishing has added sixteen extra pages at no extra cost. With these additional pages, EXPOSÉ 3 now features 208 pages of the world?s finest digital art.

Identify: Building Brands Through Letterhead Logo and Business Cards



Identify: Building Brands Through Letterhead Logo and Business Cards by Charlotte Rivers (Author)
Publisher: Rotovision (January 1, 2003) | ISBN-10: 2880467233 | PDF | 1,8 Mb | 160 pages

Identify provides practical advice for designers and their clients on creating effective corporate identity.
This is a practical guide that combines sound advice on researching, commissioning, briefing, designing and producing a basic identity system -- logo, letterhead and business cards -- with a survey of the most successful identities from around the world. Identify also examines related issues such as trade mark legislation, and comes with a comprehensive glossary of terms.
For anyone developing corporate identity, from small businesses to charities and educational institutions, marketing departments and designers should find this book invaluable.

The Graphic Work of M. C. Escher



The Graphic Work of M. C. Escher
Ballantine | ISBN B000IAR35W | 2005-04-25 | PDF | 276 pages | 34.31 MB

The Graphic Work of M. C. Escher
By M. C. Escher

The Structure of Paintings



"The Structure of Paintings "
Publisher: Springer | Number Of Pages: 235 | Publication Date: 2006-09-27 | 3MB | ISBN / ASIN:3211357394

Michael Leyton has developed new foundations for geometry in which shape is equivalent to memory storage. A principal argument of these foundations is that artworks are maximal memory stores. The theory of geometry is developed from Leyton's fundamental laws of memory storage, and this book shows that these laws determine the structure of paintings. Furthermore, the book demonstrates that the emotion expressed by a painting is actually the memory extracted by the laws. Therefore, the laws of memory storage allow the systematic and rigorous mapping not only of the compositional structure of a painting, but also of its emotional expression. The argument is supported by detailed analyses of paintings by Picasso, Raphael, Cezanne, Gauguin, Modigliani, Ingres, De Kooning, Memling, Balthus and Holbein.

Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: Solutions for Drawing the Clothed Figure (Practical Art Books)



Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: Solutions for Drawing the Clothed Figure (Practical Art Books)
Watson-Guptill | ISBN 0823015874 | 1995-10-01 | PDF | 144 pages | 25.31 MB

As most Hogarth's books, this one is not at the least descriptive. The drawings are a bit more frequent, and you may find it useful. Some of the drawing I did not enjoy too much, but, all-in-all, they still demonstrate the proper material. The author provides 4 decent approaches to the illustration of wrinkles in different situations, mostly differenting dependent on the type of physical movement the character (human, in all cases) makes. Most of the book talks about drapery, but there is some information on how to apply the same principles onto skin.
This is a must-have for a character designer, whether you work in 2D or 3D. It will provide a beginning artist with the basic understanding of the dynamics of drapery and clothes, but it won't be much use for a medium-to-experienced studio artist, especially when she/he draws from life.