“The Vector Brush Sourcebook” provides 300 unique brushes for digital illustration. The book, by Emily Portnoi, and its accompanying CD aim to teach you everything you need to know about Illustrator brusheshow to make them, apply them, edit them, and use them to stunning effect. It may at first seem that they are just one limited function of a large illustration package, but the array of effects they can achieve is vast. Learn more.
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The Quick Brown Fox Jumps over the Lazy Dog – Typeface Memory Game
This very attractively finished typographic memory game includes 25 variations of the letter A, each in a different letter type. Players attempt to find the matching As in the same letter type. The player who has the highest number of matching letters wins the game.
Typographic information about the letter is included on the card, and a separate folder provides a general history of the typography. This is an enjoyable and instructive game for graphic designers and anyone who is fascinated by letter types.
As you play, you increasingly recognize what are often very subtle differences between the letters and more about the details of the letter types. They become progressively easier to recognize and distinguish from one another (even Univers and Helvetica!) Among the letter types included in the game are Akzidenz Grotesk, Baskerville, Centaur, Garamond, Helvetica Rockwell, Times New Roman, Univers and many more.
The game was assembled and designed by the Brazilian design studio, ps.2 arquitetura + de
Typography Book – Just My Type
In my hands now, an advance copy of Just My Type by Simon Garfield, a book I helped edit while I was in Stockholm this summer.
Its a fun-filled romp through the world of letters, mostly for the layman, but with some history and inside stories many experts may not know. Good for type lovers to give to friends and family to prove how interesting and varied type can be. Garfield is a good writer. And Im not just saying that because theres a chapter on type specimens in which our team at FontShop plays a central role. I mean, he wrote an enjoyable book about the color mauve you know hes good.
Vector Book Reco – Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book
“Illustrator is Adobe’s oldest app, going back to 1987. What’s called “Illustrator CS5″ is actually Illustrator 15. In September of 2003, when Adobe released its original Creative Suite collection, Illustrator shared a common user interface (UI) with Photoshop and InDesign. Though many of the tools and panels in many of the CS5 apps look and operate similarly, each app has it’s own hidden power. It seems to us that there’s more power hiding in Adobe Illustrator (Ai) than any other app in the Master Collection.”
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book seems to be one of the highest rated instructional books on the market for this software. It’s language is easy to follow and it’s laced with colourful illustrations and screen captures. If you are a little daunted by the application, this book should give you a real confidence boost.
An excellent companion for any designer of any level as well.
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You may also like the Photoshop CS5 Edition as well:
Vector Book: Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts
Threadless is an incredible t-shirt juggernaut. They single handedly re-invented the way that we design, consume and market the most popular apparel in the world.
Creativity by the book
Jake Nickell (the founder of Threadless) has compiled some of the best examples from the past decade. Check it out.
Threadless.com is the phenomenally successful T-shirt company with millions and millions of tees sold since it began in 2000. It pioneered the online business model of crowd-sourced or community-driven design, in which people submit designs that are voted on by the site’s 1 million users and printed. Over the past 10 years, the company has amassed a vast archive of very cool, very hip, and often very entertaining designs, and Threadless is a spectacular showcase of 400 of the very best T-shirts created by the community–a barometer of art and design over the past decade.
Much more than a book of extraordinary graphics, Threadless tells the extremely interesting story that inspired Inc. magazine to hail Threadless.com as “the most innovative small company in America.” There are also profiles of individual designers and “think pieces” from influential admirers, including design guru John Maeda, Jeff Howe of Wired, and bestselling business/marketing writer Seth Godin.
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Vector Book Review: Logo Lounge 5
2000 International Identities
Logo Lounge is one of my favourite book series. Primarily, because I spend a great deal of time pumping out logos for various projects.
No matter how good you are, you can always use some inspiration. This series always delivers. If you are building a design library, this is a great place to start.
Volume 5 boasts over 2,000 identities from all over the world. The design of the book is sleek and made for reference. Highly recommended.
“The fifth volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with LogoLounge.com, a website that was launched by Bill Gardner in 2002. The site is dedicated to logos. Top designers and design firms are handpicked and invited to be foundation members. Foundation and website members each supply multiple logos to the site. Each LogoLounge book presents new logos that have been added to the site, providing designers with an invaluable source for design inspiration and a resource for design solutions.”
