Allworth: 370 books
The Diva Next Door
How to Be a Singing Star Wherever You Are
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
You too can be a star! If you've ever dreamed of singing on American Idol or grabbing a Grammy Award, The Diva Next Door is for you. Switzer's book, designed for everyone from total novice on up, takes a three-step approach: how to get physically and mentally in shape for a singing career, how to...
Fund Your Dreams Like a Creative Genius
A Guide for Artists, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Kindred Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
How to Get Others to Support Your Vision
If you have a dream that needs backing, be it an art project, an invention, or even a business, this is the book for you. Brainard Carey offers advice with solid examples of how building relationships with sponsors, investors, grant-makers, and patrons...
by Debbie Millman
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
We are now living in a world with over one hundred brands of bottled water. The United States alone is home to over 45,000 shopping malls. And there are more than 19 million customized beverage choices a barista can whip up at your local Starbucks. Whether it’s good or bad, the real question is...
Succeed with Social Media Like a Creative Genius
A Guide for Artists, Entrepreneurs, and Kindred Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
How to Build a Following, Make Authentic Connections, and Promote Your Work
Whether you’re an artist or craftsman selling your work, the owner of a small start-up hoping to network, or just looking for a more meaningful social media experience, this is the book for you. Brainard Carey draws from...
Making It in the Art World
New Approaches to Galleries, Shows, and Raising Money
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Learn how today’s artists survive, exhibit, and earn money, without selling out! This book explains how to be a professional artist and new methods to define and realize what success means. Whether you’re a beginner, a student, or a career artist looking to be in the best museum shows, this book...
The Shape of Ancient Thought
Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought-Western and Eastern philosophies.
Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration...
Design Literacy
Understanding Graphic Design
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
This update to the first book to provide explicit case histories of the successful marriage of form and content in graphic design explores more than 125 classic and contemporary works-30 of them brand new-explaining why they are aesthetically significant and how they function as good design. These...
by Howard Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Professional animator Howard Beckerman has drawn them all: Popeye, Heckle & Jeckle, even Mickey Mouse. In Animation, he offers a road map to the complex art of making an animated feature. Vivid sketches, screen shots, and step-by-step illustrations show how to make a drawing come to life, create storyboards,...
by Steven Heller
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
From the lost art of show-card writing and the tumultuous days of guerrilla magazine publishing to the latest in electronic leaflet design and hot magazine covers, acclaimed graphic designer and author Steven Heller provides dozens of stunning examples of how graphic design has transformed from a subset of pop culture to a cultural driving force on its own.
The Art of Motion Picture Editing
An Essential Guide to Methods, Principles, Processes, and Terminology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Learn how to use images and sound to tell a motion picture story. This guide reveals how editing affects a motion picture’s pace, rhythm, structure, and story, and spells out exactly what an editor does. The tools, methods, and processes of movie editing in any medium are revealed so that readers...
by Steven Heller, Marshall Arisman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
his guide to the ins and outs of today's dynamic illustration business tells budding illustrators everything that their teacher didn't know or their art director didn't tell them. Using an entertaining, running narrative format to look at key concerns every illustrator must face today, this book covers...
Teaching Graphic Design
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
This priceless teaching tool features more than 70 proven-effective programs from the country’s leading graphic design schools. Spanning from traditional, bricks and mortar” approaches to the ever-widening digital frontier of graphic design, these syllabi include detailed introductions, weekly...
by Celery Design Collaborative, Brian Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Can a graphic designer be a catalyst for positive change? Green Graphic Design reframes the way designers can think about the work they create, while remaining focused on cost constraints and corporate identity. Simple, eco-innovative changes are demonstrated in all phases of the design process, including:
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What Are You Laughing At?
How to Write Humor for Screenplays, Stories, and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“People have forgotten how to be funny,” says Chris Vogler in his foreword to What Are You Laughing at? Luckily, experienced and award-winning humor writer Brad Schreiber is here to remind us all how it’s done. If laughter is the best medicine, be prepared to feel fit as a fiddle after perusing...