Graphic Art

Introducing "The Art of Visual Branding" - Your Ultimate Guide to Crafting Impactful Visual Identities! In today’s fast-paced, digital world, it’s essential for brands to be visually arresting and instantly recognizable. Unlock the secrets to creating a powerful visual identity that resonates with your audience with "The Art of Visual Branding"! Explore the unlimited possibilities of effective branding as we dive into each chapter that covers essential topics tailored to sharpen your skills in visual identity design. From an introduction to Visual Identities and Branding to the Future ...

Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world's greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, 19 designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions, and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the greatest graphic designers of our time to speak frankly and openly about their work.

Unlock photorealistic AI art—even on a home PC—using completely free tools. AI Image Mastery is the first hands-on guide that takes you from a blank screen to gallery-worthy images with ComfyUI, the fast, node-based interface for Stable Diffusion. Leveraging cutting-edge models—FLUX 1 for cinema-grade realism, LoRA for instant style swaps, and ControlNet for pose, depth & line-art precision—you’ll learn step-by-step workflows that run on Windows (with Linux tips included) and fit on GPUs as small as 4 GB. Inside you’ll learn to: Install & optimize ComfyUI in minutes—with zero ...

Helping graphic designers find professional and spiritual support in the ever-demanding struggle to stay creative and profitable, this book reveals how some of today's most successful and intriguing designers keep growing as artists and as people with the power to affect public attitudes. Topics addressed include how to keep track of one's vision, the meaning of success, what sustains designers spiritually, and how to embrace change and stay fluid.

Unlock the power of ChatGPT and DALL·E to create passive income and live on your terms. Whether you're looking to earn extra money, achieve financial independence, or explore new opportunities, this guide shows you how to succeed, even with no prior AI experience.

With an introduction read by the author himself, Mark Pincus, and acclaimed narrator Fred Sanders, comes an unconventional, hands-on guide to turning ideas into products that matter—and that people love—from the legendary Silicon Valley pioneer, founder of Zynga, and creator of Stanford...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, telling us the mesmerizing story of how he became prince of the vampire world, and of the formation of the Blood Communion, and how his vision for the Children of the Universe to thrive as...

What do you really need to know to use Canva to inexpensively sell your Indie book? Selling your Indie book(s) on Amazon involves making excellent book-covers, well-constructed ads for use on various platforms, and vivid internal illustrations. You can pay professional artists hundreds or even thousands of dollars to make these critical visuals. Or you can do it almost as well yourself using Canva! Even if you have zero artistic ability, the author explains how you can quickly construct these striking Canva products. In addition, the author unflinchingly shows you the BAD NEWS (what to be ...

Feeling uninspired? If you’re a creative professional - or just someone who’d like to be more creative in your work and daily life - look no further than Designers Don’t Have Influences. Creative director, writer, advocate, and design cheerleader Austin Howe’s elegant, incisive, and amusing essays are sure to appeal to a wide spectrum of readers. Howe chronicles the lives, philosophies, and work processes of leaders in disparate fields from art to spirituality and even ice hockey, many of whom have never before been profiled in print.

Designers Don’t Read is a love song to graphic design and graphic designers. Austin Howe is a creative director, writer, advocate, and cheerleader for design - but not a designer. He believes in the "wonder and exuberance of someone who gets paid - by clients to do what he loves". Howe places immense value on curiosity and passion to help designers develop a point of view, a strong voice. He explores the creative process and conceptualization, and delves into what to do when inspiration is lacking.

Rob Redding delivers a bold and addictive look at how America learned to see Black men as sexually dominant and how old stories of bucking slave masters still shape lies around sexual lust, desire, fear, and masculinity today. Using a new visual documentary drawing art form, he brings together a powerful collection of sexual images of bucking and evidence of abuses that most people have never seen and many have never been willing to talk about. This book reveals how white slave masters engaged in the rape of Black men as displays of power and created myths about Black men who were actually ...

In this exciting prequel to the critically acclaimed Dane Curse, a pair of black capes are found dead on the floor of Wentorf Hall, mere inches away from the world’s largest diamond. Of course the cops think the pair killed each other over the heist. After all, everyone knows that the Vandenberg Coconut is a one size fits all motivation for murder. Everyone, that is, except for Dane Curse. But when the former villain turned PI takes the case he’ll discover that the truth has more sides than a diamond has facets. And in order to get to it Dane will follow a trail that leads through an ...

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The New Yorker Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Eisner Award Nominee for Best Comics-Related Book “A definitive and ideal biography—pound for pound, one of the sleekest and most judicious I’ve ever...

Discover the mesmerizing world of fractals with this captivating new eBook - The Beauty of Fractals! Get ready to embark on an eye-opening journey that uncovers the hidden brilliance and intricate patterns that govern our reality. From stunning displays in nature and art to breakthroughs in science and engineering, the influence of fractals is simply remarkable. Now, prepare to explore their endless wonders and master their mathematical intricacies with this comprehensive guide! With 20 enthralling chapters filled with rich content, The Beauty of Fractals starts by introducing the ...

Master Adobe Illustrator from Zero to Pro—No Artistic Talent Needed! Unlock the world of professional vector graphic design with the most up-to-date, beginner-friendly guide to Adobe Illustrator. Whether you’re a complete beginner, a small business owner, a marketer, or an aspiring graphic designer, this book transforms complex tools into simple, actionable steps. Stop wondering how to create logos, icons, and illustrations—start building them today! 🎨 What You’ll Learn (Step-by-Step & Project-Based): ✅ The Essential Tools: Conquer the Pen Tool, master shapes, layers, and the ...

Inside the Business of Graphic Design casts a precise and realistic light on the risks, requirements, and rewards of running a creative and successful design business. Whether you dream of setting up a small studio, or whether you've been on your own for years, this provocative guide is an important source of success strategies for every graphics professional.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Born a Crime comes a timeless illustrated story inviting people of all ages to connect with one another in a world brought to life with imagination. “But sooner or later your mother will find us,” Walter said, looking back at the house...

Unlock Your Creative Potential with the Ultimate Photoshop 2026 Beginner’s Guide! Tired of feeling overwhelmed by Photoshop’s complex tools? Dreaming of creating stunning visuals but don’t know where to start? "Adobe Photoshop Book for Beginners (2026 Edition)" is your complete, step-by-step roadmap from confused beginner to confident creator. Designed for absolute beginners, this guide breaks down professional techniques into simple, actionable lessons. Why This is the ONLY Photoshop Book You Need: ✅ The Revolutionary 3-Path Learning Method: Unlike any other book, choose your own ...

Learn about George Eastman and the invention of the Kodak camera.

Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank egotist who held in contempt almost everything aside from his own genius. Harder to detect, but no less real, is a Wright who fully understood, and suffered from, the choices he made. This is the Wright whom Paul Hendrickson reveals in this...