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For over 70 years, Architectural Graphic Standards has been the bedrock design reference for generations of architects, builders and engineers. Now comes the most complete design tool yet--the completely updated and expanded Tenth Edition. You'll find a wealth of information, complete with 10,000 drawings.
Customer Reviews:
Achitectual Graphic Standards.......2007-08-27
The reprsentation was not clear this is a reproduction of a 1935 published book. This is not usefull in todays building enviroment.
I find it indispensable........2007-07-05
A must have for anyone working or having an interest in architecture. As a companion to the current edition, it provides guidelines for laying out domestic serving pantries and other forgotten features. Should one wish, it also provides superior graphics as models for fixture symbols.
excellent book.......2007-05-13
I am a Civil Engineer ( 25 years of design ) and I have found this book excellent. I have worked with the previous edition and the new one is more complete. Is a a book rich of details useful for the profession.
Great Guide for Construction Designs........2007-05-13
This book has a great deal of information about anything you would need to know for designing.
Very Pleased.......2007-03-12
We received the book in a timely fashion, and in excellent condition.
We are always satisfied with everything we have ever gotten from Amazon!!
Thanks guys!
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•A best-seller for 35 years
• A timeless classic that has taught generations of artists—and will teach generations more
When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of the publisher's best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since. "I believe that you must be able to draw things as you see them—realistically," wrote Rudy de Reyna in this introduction. Today, generations of artists have learned to draw what they see, to truly capture the world around them, using de Reyna's methods. How to Draw What You See shows artists how to recognize the basic shape to draw the object, no matter how much detail it contains.
Customer Reviews:
Great book.......2007-05-18
This book is wonderful. I've been drawing ever since I was little, and it is def. helping me sharpen my drawings skills. Even if you don't know how to draw and want to learn-this is a great way to start. The author explains things very well.
Lots of useful information.......2007-04-10
A good book for learning to draw the outdoors. Was especially helpful to my teenage son in Art class.
draw what you can see.......2007-03-27
I am just amazed at how quickly i received these books, i just wish the freight wasn't quite as dear, I would do much more, I give art classes in my studio and am on a limited budget, so to be able to offer these books at a cheaper rate is great , the condition of the books was terrific and have no hesitation in telling other people about this site, which i have done, the choice of art books seem to be much larger then here in Australia and especially the fact that we can get them secondhand in good condition is a plus..... thank you /very happy customer
Excellent.......2007-03-19
This book is excellent for those who want to learn more about drawing. This book is worth buying!
Good resource.......2007-02-15
This is a good book to help you define and sharpen your drawing skills. Even if you think you can't draw, give this book a try. It helps you to see what you're drawing instead of trying to draw what you think you saw. Highly recommended, with many projects in the book to use as practice.
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Grab your pencil. Pick up some paper. And get ready to tdraw the coolest, most action-packed Pokemon art ever. Catch step-by-step secret tips on drawing your favorite Pokemon, like Pikachu, Togepi, Chikorita, Meowth, Pichu, Houndour, Lugia, Cyndaquil, and more!Plus, draw bonus poses of Pokemon in action, and create your own battle scenes!You'll be a Pokmon drawing-Master in no time!
Customer Reviews:
For the budding Artiste.......2007-06-19
Set by step instructions made it easy for my some to draw his favorite Pokemon characters.
Awesome pokemon drawing book.......2007-05-13
I bought this for my 7 years old daughter because she loves to draw
and also is into Pokemon. The step to step drawing was easy to follow.
Wonderful.......2007-05-13
I bought this for my son as a reward for doing well in school. He is 9 years old and in the fourth grade. It turns out my 5 year old and 4 year olds both enjoy it immensely, much to the dismay of my son (no girls allowed, lol.)
My son decided to trace the images for a quilt we are making to donate to kids in a loval hospital.
Pokemon Book.......2007-05-13
The step by step instructions is so easy anyone can do it once you practice with it. Once you get the hang of it you will be drawing Pokemon like a pro. This is a really good way to learn to draw some of your favorite Pokemon. I give it an A+++.
Easy to follow directions........2007-05-09
This book was wonderful for my 7 and 5 year olds who are addicted to anything Pokemon. Most of the drawings are quite challenging for a 5 year old, but he was just happy to be drawing something resembling a Pokemon character. I'd definitely recommend. However, it looks like a big thick book but it's only about 30 pages.
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Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics was published in 1993, just as "Comics Aren't Just for Kids Anymore!" articles were starting to appear and graphic novels were making their way into the mainstream, and it quickly gave the newly respectable medium the theoretical and practical manifesto it needed. With his clear-eyed and approachable analysis--done using the same comics tools he was describing--McCloud quickly gave "sequential art" a language to understand itself. McCloud made the simplest of drawing decisions seem deep with artistic potential.
Thirteen years later, following the Internet evangelizing of Reinventing Comics, McCloud has returned with Making Comics.
Designed as a craftsperson's overview of the drawing and storytelling decisions and possibilities available to comics artists, covering everything from facial expressions and page layout to the choice of tools and story construction, Making Comics, like its predecessors, is also an eye-opening trip behind the scenes of art-making, fascinating for anyone reading comics as well as those making them. Get a sense of the range of his lessons by clicking through to the opening pages of his book, including his (illustrated, of course) table of contents (warning: large file, recommended for high-bandwidth users):
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Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design. In Reinventing Comics, McCloud took this to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are generated, read, and perceived today. Now, in Making Comics, McCloud focuses his analysis on the art form itself, exploring the creation of comics, from the broadest principles to the sharpest details (like how to accentuate a character's facial muscles in order to form the emotion of disgust rather than the emotion of surprise.) And he does all of it in his inimitable voice and through his cartoon stand–in narrator, mixing dry humor and legitimate instruction. McCloud shows his reader how to master the human condition through word and image in a brilliantly minimalistic way. Comic book devotees as well as the most uninitiated will marvel at this journey into a once–underappreciated art form.
Customer Reviews:
Fun to read and very informative.......2007-08-25
I read Understanding Comics and liked it so much I decided to check this book out as well, and found it to be even more enjoyable. McCloud's artwork is very fun and whimsical, his writing is humorous and he puts many concepts about the writing and drawing of comics in very easy-to-understand language. I never thought about making comics before, but this volume was so inspiring I'm convinced it might be fun to try!
A Great Learning Tool.......2007-08-15
If you've ever wondered about the finer points of crafting a comic this is the book for you. This is not a how to draw book and if thats what you are looking for than this isn't for you. It IS a very intelligent and thought provoking insight into the story telling aspects of the creation of comics. This is a MUST HAVE for anyone serious about comics.
Scott McCloud is the Alton Brown of Comics.......2007-08-07
Alton Brown is not a world-class chef but 'Good Eats' is indispensible educational television. It's the same thing with Scott McCloud, reviewers who say he hasn't produced anything earth shaking in the comics medium are missing the point. Making Comics is a wide-ranging, free-wheeling and passionate examination of what makes comics (and much visual art) tick, and provides a toolbox we can use to create our own stories. This is the best thing since Understanding Comics and goes more into the details of visual storytelling, the chapter on facial expressions alone is worth the price of admission. I want to send this book to Edward Tufte. Anyone interested in visual communication needs to read this book, and that goes double for aspiring comics creators.
Must-Have for Aspiring Artists.......2007-07-05
You need to own Understanding Comics to accompany this one. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Making Comics is a complete book that refers to many of the topics that Understanding Comics expands upon. It is a great starting point for aspiring artists to look at approaching their own comic. McCloud explains the mutlitude of styles involved and how each of them works to engage the reader. He is truly a master of his craft.
He strips away the layers of superhero masculine fantasy to reveal comics as a storytelling vehicle. Not your typical how-to-draw book.
Review of book.......2007-05-28
Excellent book - very well presented and detailed. Well worth the price. Our kids (9 and 7) are using it to create better comics
Book Description
AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007: No Experience Required is the perfect step-by-step introduction to the world's leading CAD software. Inside this clear-cut guide are concise explanations and practical tutorials that explain how to plan and develop a complete AutoCAD project. Follow the tutorials sequentially, which have been fully updated for AutoCAD 2007, or jump in at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the Sybex Web site. Either way, you'll quickly develop a solid grounding in the essentials and learn how to use AutoCAD's productivity tools to get your work done efficiently.
The latest edition of this perennial topseller also covers AutoCAD's revamped 3D design features and includes a glossary and a supporting Web site with project files, bonus chapters, and appendices.
Gain the AutoCAD skills you need:
* Get to know the AutoCAD interface, basic commands, and how to create drawings
* Build on your skills with grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings
* Graduate to dimensioning, setting external references; and mastering layouts, plotting, and printing
* Understand the new 3D capabilities that make AutoCAD 2007 the complete design tool
Access the supporting Web site for more instruction, including:
* Project files from the book
* Bonus chapter on using the Internet with AutoCAD
* Bonus appendices on attributes and dynamic blocks
Customer Reviews:
Auto CAD 2007: No Experience Required.......2007-07-20
Well laid out format with step by step instructions that are easy to follow. Very informative even to a beginner at CAD.
greattt quality.......2007-04-03
the book arrived on time and in perfect condition. i will be purchasing from amazon every term now and saving ooodles of money.. i love it
I should have paid more attention.......2007-03-31
When I ordered autocad 2007, this book came up as a "better with" and I took it. This is a beginners book and not really a reference or problem lookup book. If you are not a beginner get Mastering Autocad or the Autocad Bible.
Definitely a better value than the class!.......2007-03-26
This book takes somebody with zero CAD experience and walks you through the software at your own pace. If you want to master the content, then you can always repeat a chapter, and all of the chapters have an "if you want more practice" section that gives you exercises with very little guidance to test yours skills. Also, you can always cruise through the stuff you want to get past, knowing that you'll always have the book as a reference. Throughout the book, the author has you repeating some of the more basic and very important commands that you need to know. I don't have experience with other CAD tutorials, but I certainly feel like this was a good value.
No Experience Required, No Help Given.......2007-02-27
I purchased this book as I am somewhat new to the CAD system. I have used AutoSketch, the "baby" in the Autodesk family. This book did not help me one bit in understanding how to use the AutoCad software. I fooled around with it, and learned more (albeit only miniscule bits) by doing that than by using this book.
It's a huge chunk of money for a book that does not do what it purports to do: support the beginnning user of the software.
I am trying to learn this to upgrade users of AutoSketch to AutoCad, and am still in the dark. A HUGE disappointment.
Average customer rating:
- Very good!
- This book is good
- One of the best books in the market
- I've been reading this author' series for years
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The World's Bestselling AutoCAD Resource Now Fully Updated for the 2007 Release
There's a reason why Mastering AutoCAD is so popular year after year. Loaded with concise explanations, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on projects, this comprehensive reference and tutorial from award-winning author George Omura has everything you need to become an AutoCAD expert.
If you're new to AutoCAD, the tutorials will help you build your skills right away. If you're an AutoCAD veteran, Omura's in-depth explanations of the latest and most advanced features, including all the new 3D tools, will turn you into an AutoCAD pro. Whatever your experience level and however you use AutoCAD, you'll refer to this indispensable reference again and again.
Coverage Includes
- Creating and developing AutoCAD drawings
- Drawing curves and applying solid fills
- Effectively using hatches, fields, and tables
- Manipulating dynamic blocks and attributes
- Linking drawings to databases and spreadsheets
- Keeping track of your projects with the Sheet Set Manager
- Creating cutaway and x-ray views to show off the interior of your 3D model
- Rendering realistic interior views with natural lighting
- Giving a hand-drawn look to 3D views
- Easily creating complex, free-form 3D shapes in minutes
- Making spiral forms with the Helix and Sweep tools
- Exploring your model in real time with the Walk and Fly tools
- Creating animated AVI files of your 3D projects
- Customizing AutoCAD using AutoLISP(r)
- Securing and authenticating your files
- Sharing files with non-AutoCAD users
Featured on the CD
Load the trial version of AutoCAD 2007 and get started on the lessons in the book. The CD also includes project files and finished drawings for all the book's exercises, a symbols library, a 2D and 3D parts library, and extra utilities to increase your productivity. Advance your skills even more with bonus chapters on VBA, Active X, architectural solid modeling, and working with external databases.
"Mastering AutoCAD 2007 has been fully updated to cover all of AutoCAD 2007's new or enhanced features including modeling, visual styles, lights and materials, rendering and animation, and changes users asked for in commonly used commands. This excellent revision to the bestselling Mastering AutoCAD series features concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on projects for both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT."
—Eric Stover, AutoCAD Product Manager
"Omura's explanations are concise, his graphics are excellent, and his examples are practical."
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Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Customer Reviews:
Very good!.......2007-09-28
Very good reference book for beginers and advanced users as well. It really helped on learning many of the new cool features of AutoCAD 2007.
This book is good.......2007-04-03
I read the same book of year 2000 print, and this one is good. It cantains all information needed to run autocad program, 2D and 3D. It is eazy to understand, and step by step guided. I haven't read other books related this matter, but I Think this is very good, worth the price.
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One of the best books in the market.......2007-03-21
I took a look at bunch of autocad books at Barnes & Nobel and narrowed my choice down to George Omura's Autocad and Bible Autocad. After comparing these books step by step, I decided to buy this book and ordered it from amazon. It is pretty easy to understand even for beginners and a comprehensive book with good examples. I am almost done with all chapters except 3D part and thinking of learning 3D implementings by using more developed software programs such as Solidworks and Autodesk inventor. Other than that I can say it is one of best books in the market if you are interested in Autocad. So do not waste your time and bucks with searching another book.
I've been reading this author' series for years.......2007-03-20
He explains very well. enough detail to be valuable to experts and simple enough for intermediate. Very Good.
Book Description
Become skilled at AutoCAD 2004 while learning the basics of engineering design graphics! Self-paced tutorials take readers all the way from one-view engineering drawings to geometric constructions, multi-view projections, section and auxiliary views, 3D solid modeling, and more. Tutorials utilize a step-by-step approach, following traditional engineering drawing techniques and methods while teaching users how to exploit the newest features and functions of AutoCAD 2004 to achieve professional results. New and updated coverage includes information on photorealistic rendering, scaling and justifying text, translating text sizes between model space and drawing layouts, and managing the new unlimited re-do capabilities of AutoCAD 2004.
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Master the software that industry professionals use to create compelling architecture! Experienced-based, practical advice is at the core of this concise manual by veteran author and architect Paul Aubin, who makes learning Autodesk® Revit® Building easier than ever. Designed to shorten the learning curve, this book focuses squarely on the rationale and practicality of the Revit Building process through a series of hands-on lessons that promote a clear sense of the value of the software and an understanding of each tool's potential. In completing their building design projects successfully, readers will develop a first hand knowledge of what it takes to create a complete set of construction documents for architectural production.
Customer Reviews:
Mastering Autodeak Revit Building.......2007-02-14
When you do a search for Revit 8.0 this book comes up as a suggestion, but beware. It is only for 8.1 because the files only work in 8.1. That makes the book totally useless to Revit 8.0 users.
Good Transaction.......2007-01-04
Good transaction, exactly what was advertised. No pain, just smooth deal. No hesitation
Very Good.......2006-11-15
This book does a good job of teaching you how to do specific things in Revit. However, some of the techniques it teaches are a little too specific to the Sample Files that it uses to teach the techniques. But still does a very good job.
A verbose tome that scratches the surface.......2006-09-03
Compared to the online help, this book reviews favorably. But Revit is a deep program, and to really use Revit efficiently and fully takes more than an "intermediate" book will offer, which the Aubin text admits to being. I say the text is verbose because, for instance, it always refers to Revit as "AutoDesk Revit Building", which gets very tiring. The book introduces Revit by designing two projects, which is nice, but a lot of the useful information is hidden in little sidebar tips, which makes using the book as a reference (for instance, as a command reference) difficult.
Mastering Autodesk Revit Building.......2006-08-22
I purchased this book because of the favorable reviews I read from this site. I wasn't dissapointed...this book delivered. I just recently got hired by a major architectural firm that uses Autodesk Revit Building. My background is Autocad ADT 2006 and have no idea at all what Revit is all about. Two weeks prior to my start with this new firm, I bought this book and diligently went through all of Mr. Aubin's tutorials every night. Now, two weeks into this new company, I am even, if not more advanced, with all their employees (they took the transition to Revit ten months ago)! On a few occasions, I had some questions pertaining to the book and Mr. Aubin had graciously replied promptly to these inquiries by email. If you're not yet using Revit, then you're missing a lot. This is the future of CAD. And if you decide to switch, this book is a must! Thanks for a great book Paul!
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Including 12 New Poems!
If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer,
A wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er,
A magic bean buyer . . .
Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.
Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.
Customer Reviews:
A WONDERFUL BOOK FROM THOSE WONDERFUL 70'S.......2007-09-28
Where the Sidewalk Ends was such a special book to me
growing up. I could read that book and just be lost in
it. Not thinking of the day ahead or bad times. I was
a part of Shel's world and what a world to be in. Boy's
who sell their bratty sisters,a girl who eats a whale,the
girl who just WILL NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT!!! This book
brought so much joy to me. I first read this in school like
most of you at our library and really could not put it down.
This will forever be a BIG part of my special place to escape.
The 70's brought so much joy to me like being in school and
watching for the first time the little blond boy who lost the
red balloon(remember that) Marlo Thomas's FREE TO BE YOU AND ME!
CAPTAIN KANGAROO and those Ping-Pong Balls. How about The Most
Important Person in the World is YOU! THE BANANA SPLITS(one banana
two banana three banana four,the banana splits are knocking at your door)and who can forget A YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. I'm MR. Heat Mys-er
he is Mr. Snow! How about being 6yrs.old and seeing KISS for the first time. Like the guy with the trench-coat and Derby hat who painted numbers
on men's bald heads from Sesame Street. Where the Sidewalk Ends will
ALWAYS be a part of me. And recommend to all. I will be reading
Shel's wonderful poems to my children and hope you too will read them.
It's funny? I remember writing these poems to my mom who really is a writer. She would be at her typewriter and I would hand her some paper
with Shel's poems and say they were mine. She knew I had not written
these wonderful poems myself,yet she told me she loved them. Anyway
buy Where the Sidewalk Ends. Also recommend A Light in the Attic
and Falling Up!
CLASSIC SHEL SILVERSTEIN.......2007-09-12
This is a magical book, when anyone i know has a child i buy them this book to give to their child when they begin to read books, it is quite simply a must in any childs book collection. I still have my childhood copy on the self and at times when i really need a smile, i'll pull it down off the shelf and read it, and it never cease to give me a lift. I recommend this book as highly as any i have ever read, it really is the benchmark for childrens books.
Silverstein makes a second generation of poetry lovers.......2007-09-11
When I was a kid, I adored this book. I had it when it was new and "fresh." My parents, both English majors, bought it to open my world to poetry and I gobbled it up with zeal! Who could not love poems about kids who "would not take the garbage out?" Recently, my Mother gave the book to my six year old daughter who loves it so much that she is now sleeping with it under her pillow. Usually, getting her to read the second grade requisite 20 minutes per night is a bit of a trial. Right now, she asks me when reading time will be because she is so excited to get back to Shel Silverstein! Buy this book for every child you know and you will make readers, poetry lovers and more creative children and the world will be a better place!
Imaginitive and Inspiring.......2007-08-09
I got this book for my son for his 4th birthday and it is probably his favorite book. He loves picking out poems to read at bedtime and memorizing and reciting the poems during playtime. I personally think that the poems have a quite adult-comedy to them but still they are immature and silly and goodhearted in nature. I have always liked Shel Silverstein; his work is simply timeless.
Always a classic.......2007-08-04
We were brought up on these delightful and funny poems in our elementary school outside of Chicago. I will treasure them forever as they gave me an excellent reading foundation and sparked my interest in poetry.
Excellent teaching tool.
Book Description
FIGURE DRAWING FOR FASHION DESIGN offers a concise, topic by topic guide to acquiring and perfecting these skills, concentrating on the female form. The coverage provided means that this book is ideal both for those who want to apply themselves professionally to fashion design, and for all enthusiasts of drawing the human body. Fashion plates are the primary means of visualizing ideas and concepts in costume and fashion design. To give an accurate impression of what is in a designer's mind it is vital to have complete mastery of the rules of figure drawing. Here, realism and anatomical precision are the chief values, whereas for costume and fashion, stylization and exaggeration are ways of adding individuality and verve to a plate, and of focusing attention on specific elements.
Customer Reviews:
Okay........2007-05-15
This book did help me with my drawings. I needed to know proper proportions and how to draw fabric, etc., but I agree with everyone else: the figures are very "superwoman"ish and, in my opinion, showing way too much skin! I had to put a paper cover over the book so my children wouldn't see the back cover! I was disappointed to find out that the typical design drawing has it's proportions exagerated to make the figure look very tall and thin, but I guess I should have seen that coming with the way today's fashions are. Fortunately the book also provided a scale for real-life proportions.
Figure Drawing for Fashion Design Review.......2007-05-09
I was abit disappointed in this book, I found the illustrations quite old fashioned with an 80's vibe, not what I was expecting. Even the clothes in the illustrations had Dallas style shoulder pads. I'm studying fashion design in college, so I was expecting to be inspired, through the use of different media and rendering techniques, which unfortunately didn't happen. But some of the templates for poses are useful and it would be ok as a starting point.
5 stars for fashion artists-- maybe 4 for everyone else.......2007-04-26
This is the kind of book that deserves 5 stars simply based on the current competition: many other fashion books are either too expensive, or are just not done well enough, to justify a click on the "Add to Shopping Cart" button.
It's illustrations are about 89% black & white (in number), and 100% detail the basics of female fashion figures- no men! It's true that many of these women look a little on the stiff or masculine side; they actually sometimes look like Mick Jagger(!). Still, they generally look reasonably good, and nearly all are done in a very clean & consistent pencil style, which contributes to an overall professional look here. In 216 pages, about 26 pages include partial or full color. There are no photos or backgrounds, just figure drawings on white paper. About a quarter of the figures are nude; the rest having at least a little bit of clothing. The beginning of the book details basic close-up views of the head & figure, but most illustrations detail entire figures on the page. I really like the application of simple, 3-dimensional basic shapes to fashion figures here. It's a *highly* streamlined look at the basics. If you're a fashion artist I can't see why you wouldn't want this book, but if you're mainly interested in figure drawing in general, this is probably just a 4-star effort. People interested in developing more detailed figure drawing skills might also want to check out: The Figure: The Classic Approach to Drawing and Construction by Walt Reed, Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm, and then How To Draw Manga Volume 22: Bishoujo Around The World (How to Draw Manga) by Hikaru Hayashi. Check 'em out!
Pretty darn good.......2007-03-22
Well, the other reviews are right on. This book lays an incredible ground work for drawing fashion figures. It is definitely worth buying.
However, I highly reccomend to alter the figures a little unless you are illustrating women from "American Gladiator". The figures are very muscular, sometimes a little thick, and their lips are gigantic. Frankly, they are a little terrifying.
Enjoy the book!
Fashion made easy.......2007-03-14
This was a great book with fabulous sketches and ideas for upcoming fashion designers. The book presents sketches for all the different styles and cuts of clothing. Highly recommend!!
Books:
- Architectural Graphic Standards, Tenth Edition (Book only)
- Art for Kids: Cartooning: The Only Cartooning Book You'll Ever Need to Be the Artist You've Always Wanted to Be (Art for Kids)
- Art for Kids: Drawing: The Only Drawing Book You'll Ever Need to Be the Artist You've Always Wanted to Be (Art for Kids)
- Artists Photo Reference Birds (Artist's Photo Reference)
- Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching (Delmar Learning Blueprint Reading)
- Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project
- Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project
- Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project
- Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project
- Busting Loose From the Money Game: Mind-Blowing Strategies for Changing the Rules of a Game You Can't Win
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