Showing posts with label graphic design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graphic design. Show all posts

3/10/2013

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul Review

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
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If you are in commercial art field, regardless whether you are in graphic design or not, you must read this book. It tell you everything you wish your design school teachers had told you about the business of being a commercial artist. As an art school instructor myself, I made this book into a recommended reading material for my graduating illustration majors. Just cross the words "design" in this book and write over "illustration" (or animation, advertising, or whichever commercial art occupation), and more than 95% of it works. It is because this book does not teach you the tricks and gimmicks, but teaches you the philosophy of the business of being a commercial artist.

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3/07/2013

Web Design Complete Course Review

Web Design Complete Course
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I'm more experienced in print design, Photoshop and Illustrator are now old friends, so I expect to climb a steep learning curve with a program like Dreamweaver. However, this book is not proving a great travelling companion. I have found many, many examples of tutorials not working according to the explanations. It's unsettling in a way no other program guide i've tried has been. It feels like they skipped the proofreader stage. The actual projects are good, the design of the web page is quite nice and that's what attracted me to the book. Now I'm just struggling through it to get my money's worth since I can't get my money back!

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Shows how to use four Web power tools- Fireworks, Dreamweaver, ColdFusion and Flash-together in one book
Offers a full-color tutorial that walks the reader start to finish through the process of building a media-rich, e-commerce Web site
After completing this book, readers will have a polished, fully functional e-commerce site adaptable to their own needs
CD-ROM contains all the files and materials needed for the project


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2/27/2013

Careers in Art and Graphic Design Review

Careers in Art and Graphic Design
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Careers in Art and Graphic Design is a good introduction to what the "young" graphic artist is up against. And it's encouraging. The jobs exist. We must mold the skill set to fill them. It gives solid practical information on how to form those skill sets and it's very current. It lists many occupations from Jewelry design to 3D game modeling. It also says internships are all but required. Whoosh! That's the sound of the air going out of my tires.
If I had a degree in art, a HR manager would look at it and say, "That's nice. Now show me what you can do." There's a Sports Arena full of folks with an MFA and no job. This is a portfolio driven industry. Careers in Art and Graphic Design gives info on how to get a job without a degree. It does so in a factual way.
My one compliant is that the layout isn't very attractive. Hmmmm, Maybe they should have hired me!

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Careers in the graphic arts can be both rewarding and glamorous for young men and women with good training and proper focus. The author points readers toward courses in art and graphic design, discusses interning in studios and art departments, and points out the pros and cons of freelancing versus working in-house, at design firms and ad agencies. Titles in the practical and enlightening Success Without College series guide ambitious young men and women toward satisfying and well-paying careers in fields where a college degree is not required. However, all occupations described do require specialized training, either on the job or in technical or vocational classroom settings. Readers learn how and where to get that training, then find out how to get started on the highway to career success.

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