Design, Industrial & commercial arts, illustration Books

Focused on post-labor, psychopathology, and plasticity of human mind and body, this book introduces insight, critiques, and propositions in the area of "self-design," ranging from design and architecture to science, media, history, philosophy, and...

Are you interested in using Copic markers to take you art to the next level?Learn all about Copic marker coloring techniques from professional manga artists who know all the tricks of the trade!Considered the cream of the crop when it comes to markers,...

Learn how to draw just about everything under the sun from bumblebees and broccoli to pianos and pizza. With over 1000 cute and easy illustrations, there's something for everyone!Inside these pages, you'll find endless inspiration for drawing people,...

The field of robotics is coming of age. Robotics and artificial intelligence represent the next cutting edge technology to transform the fields of architecture and design. The past decade's surge towards more computationally defined building systems and...

A charming little instant classic for all ages. For the first time ever, years of comic-book and MAD magazine creator, Wally Wood's never-published personal Christmas card art plus Wood's rare Christmas cartoons and comicstrips collected into one...

The artists in VISIONS OF NEVER are among the most talented, working in the past 40 years - the "artist's artists." Included works consist of both illustration and personal paintings, covering every facet of the science fiction/fantasy genre. The vast...

Artist/writer Michael Golden is one of the most respected creators in the comic-book industry; the influence behind generations of artists. He visualizes the finished page completely in his head before he begins--as if those images had been there always,...

Unravel the fundamental ingredients of visual storytelling and discover how top children's illustrators portray narrative, intrigue, and suspense through art. In this visually captivating volume, a vibrant selection of loved and revered children's book...

An eye-opening, visual-led exploration of the fundamental aspects of character design, including narrative, shape language, proportion, and expression.What is it about the characters we see in our favourite books, animated films, and games that make us...

Atey Ghailan retraces the steps of his own artistic journey to share his art, influences, workflows, and brand new creations. When law student Atey Ghailan realised that he was doing more sketching than note-taking in class, he decided to pursue a career...

Beginner's Guide to Creating Characters in Blender gives those interested in this versatile, expansive tool all the information they need to enter 3DBlender is the world's premier open source 3D software, created by some of the best digital artists...

Lettering - the drawing, designing and illustration of words - has a personal uniqueness that is increasingly valued in today's digital society, whether personal or professional. This lettering manual by internationally renowned...

Ira 'Iraville' Sluyterman van Langewedye is a popular contemporary illustrator beloved for her charming watercolour illustrations of nature, small towns, idyllic scenes, and everyday life. This title brings together a collection of her best work in a...

This, Vanguard's second volume devoted to the work of J. Allen St. John concentrates on the artist's full-color fantasy, science-fiction and adventure paintings for novels and Pulp-magazines for famous authors, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Williamson,...

Acclaimed monograph on the World's most famous monster portrait artist.Basil Gogos changed the face of classic horror with his film monster portrait art. Like a bizarro-world Norman Rockwell, he created magazine covers of Frankenstein, the Creature from...

Ian Logan fell in love with American railroads back in the 1950s. Inspired by the songs of folk and Motown, he set off to see the places, the trains, the locomotives, and the everyday life of the first machine-powered transportation system on the North...

Rachel Owen's hauntingly beautiful illustrations for Dante's Inferno take a radically new approach to representing the world of Dante's famous poem. The images combine the artist's deep cultural and historical understanding of 'The Divine...

Dressy men as a type of celebrity have played a distinctive part in the cultural - and even in the political - life of Britain over several centuries. But unlike the twenty-first-century hipster, the dandies of the British past provoked intense degrees...

Early manuscripts in the English language include religious works, plays, romances, poetry and songs, as well as charms, notebooks, science and medieval medicine. How did scribes choose to arrange the words and images on the page in each manuscript? How...

How were the first fonts made? Who invented italics? When did we work out how to print in colour?Many of the standard features of printed books were designed by pioneering typographers and printers in the latter half of the fifteenth century. Although...

Behind every typeface is a story - who designed it, and why? What are its distinctive characteristics, and what cultural baggage does it carry?This book explores fifty of the most remarkable typefaces, dating from the birth of European printing in the...

Ever since the 'crown of Azeroth' assumed centre stage in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, millions of players have been captivated by the dark, stormy depths of the continent that has become synonymous with the dreaded...

Feather, Leaf, Bark & Stone is a book of poems and meditations with a difference. More than a hundred short texts have been typed onto small squares of gold leaf, then photographed. These pieces are arranged in a sequence which culminates in a...

From hand-knitted mittens to exquisitely embroidered confections and Bluetooth-enabled gloves that function like a mobile phone, the extraordinary variety of gloves is a tribute to human ingenuity. So, too, is the diversity of their often contradictory...

The Year of the Raven reaches new heights on dark wings! With a few years under its collective belt, the Hearthstone team needed to find an edge: sharper and more striking than a corvid's beak. In The Art of Hearthstone, Volume IV: Year of the Raven, the...

Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises - Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters. In...

Artist Eric Guillon helped design many of the most beloved and iconic characters from these films, such as Gru and the Minions from Despicable Me, the adorable animals from The Secret Life of Pets, and more.Explore behind the scenes of Eric Guillon's...

Based on the new Netflix live-action adaptation of the original anime!An original story set in the year 2171. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop chase an ex-gang member who holds a vest which gives the wearer unlimited luck. New Netflix series...

The officially sanctioned graphic novel series to the cult 1982 science fiction movie Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott. Written by New York Times Bestselling author Mike Johnson. With Michael Green, the Oscar nominated writer of Blade Runner 2049,...

The fourth volume of the comic series based on the critically-acclaimed, BAFTA-winning video gameLife is Strange,following the weird and wonderful tales of time traveller Max Caulfield! How far would you go, to get back to the person you love? As Max...

Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, ExtraOrdinary expands deeper into the world of Schwab's critically acclaimed novels Vicious and Vengeful.Set in the years between VICIOUS and VENGEFUL, ExtraOrdinary follows a teenage girl...

From the bestselling novel series by Steig Larson comes this English translation of the phenomenal French comics adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Facing prison time for slander, discredited journalist Mikel Blomkvist is hired by a...

Embargoed to 7th September 2018An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Marvel's Spider-Man.The worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide in the action-packed Marvel's Spider-Man videogame exclusively on the PS4. Marvel's Spider-Man:...

Following on from Dinosaur Art, this new volume showcases 10 amazing artists whosework represents the cutting edge of paleoart. Many are rising stars in the field; others have embraced digital technology and continue to assert longstandingreputations as...

Explore the world of all three Total War: WARHAMMER games in this stunning compendium, packed with concept art, final designs, storyboards, and artist commentary.Total War: WARHAMMER is the award-winning PC strategy game trilogy from Creative Assembly...

A highly illustrated pillow book to prompt dreaming and creativity by Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist Jackie MorrisLonglisted for the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal"A quiet masterpiece . . . a love story, a hope story, a story out of time, out of...

This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover.Instead, it is a book for dreamers. Its purpose? To ease the soul.From award-winning writer/illustrator Jackie Morris, on the heels of 2020's The Lost Spells, is a book that enters the realm of...

Tom Clancy's The Division is an upcoming open world third-person shooter role-playing videogame with survival elements developed by Ubisoft Massive, Ubisoft Reflections and Red Storm. EntertainmentPlatforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft...

The Art of Total War is a high-end art book based on thebestselling Total War franchise, including the latest gamein the series Total War: ROME II. This volume will includefull colour concept and development art throughout, aswell as creator and artist...

A new collection of art from one of the UK's most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything, from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. Includes covers from the SF greats Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Anne...

Expressive eyes, oversized heads and doll-like cuteness - chibi are beloved in the world of manga! Beginner's Guide to Drawing Manga Chibi Girls shows artists of all ages and abilities how to create their own kawaii characters in six,...

Fingerless gloves have burst onto the fashion scene in recent years with designers from Gucci to Kate Spade embracing this popular style. Now home knitters can create personalized fingerless gloves using original Japanese knitting patterns. From...

Based on the eponymous symposium and exhibition, Fulfilled: Architecture, Excess, and Desire considers the role of architecture in a culture shaped by the excessive manufacturing and assuagement of desire. Until the term became synonymous with Amazon...

Ambiguous Territory brings together the work of over forty architects, landscape architects, artists, and historians engaged in an exploration of art and design's place in a time of environmental uncertainty and existential threat. Conceived in both...

Vanguard follows last year's hit Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta book by J. David Spurlock with definitive reference on Frazetta Book Cover Art.Frazetta is the revolutionary fantasy artist of Conan, King Kong, Death Dealer, Edgar Rice Burroughs,...

Discover, or return to, the world's greatest heroic fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta in this landmark art collection entitled, Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta. Frazetta took the sex and violence of the pulp fiction of his youth and added even more...

A re-edition of Robin Evans' classic essay anthology Translations from Drawing to Building and Other Essays, originally published by the Architectural Association (AA) in 1997. Featuring a new introduction, the book is the first in a new series of essay...