The Arts: techniques and principles

Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators.

Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators.

Apprentice yourself to a master of classical animation techniques with this beautiful handbook of insider tips and techniques.

Apprentice yourself to a master of classical animation techniques with this beautiful handbook of insider tips and techniques.

Meet some of the finest 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today and discover how they create some of the most innovative digital art in the world.

Meet some of the finest 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today and discover how they create some of the most innovative digital art in the world.

First published in 2011.

First published in 2011.

This essential, hands-on guide is filled with examples of what a composition should look like and example of poorly designed layouts.

Design beautiful, professional-level animated effects with these detailed step-by-step tutorials from former Disney animator and animated effects expert Joseph Gilland.

Design beautiful, professional-level animated effects with these detailed step-by-step tutorials from former Disney animator and animated effects expert Joseph Gilland.

Among the most useful tools in the production of any TV show or film is the storyboard, which is the visual blueprint of a project before it is shot.

Among the most useful tools in the production of any TV show or film is the storyboard, which is the visual blueprint of a project before it is shot.

This essential, hands-on guide is filled with examples of what a composition should look like and example of poorly designed layouts.

Storyboarding is a very tough business, and a new storyboarder really needs to have their wits about them and have professional savvy to survive in this competitive field.

Storyboarding is a very tough business, and a new storyboarder really needs to have their wits about them and have professional savvy to survive in this competitive field.

Fancy designing your own classic and contemporary movie posters, books and magazine covers?

Fancy designing your own classic and contemporary movie posters, books and magazine covers?

If you already know your way around Photoshop and Painter and want to use these amazing programs to take your skills further, this book is for you!

If you already know your way around Photoshop and Painter and want to use these amazing programs to take your skills further, this book is for you!

A good image is more than just acceptable exposure and sharp focus -- two components that photography instruction concentrates on.

A good image is more than just acceptable exposure and sharp focus -- two components that photography instruction concentrates on.

Want to get the best out of your digital camera?

Want to get the best out of your digital camera?

Copper Plate Photogravure describes in comprehensive detail the technique of traditional copper plate photogravure as would be practiced by visual artists using normally available facilities and materials.

Copper Plate Photogravure describes in comprehensive detail the technique of traditional copper plate photogravure as would be practiced by visual artists using normally available facilities and materials.

Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of medium-format operations, including SLR, twin lens, panoramic, rangefinder, wide angle, press, and view cameras.

Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of medium-format operations, including SLR, twin lens, panoramic, rangefinder, wide angle, press, and view cameras.

There is renewed interest among art photographers in a number of historic printing techniques because of the remarkable effects they produce.

There is renewed interest among art photographers in a number of historic printing techniques because of the remarkable effects they produce.

As digital cameras and software packages become more advanced, seemingly by the minute, it has become easier than ever to overlook the basic elements which have always resulted in the best photographs, no matter how fancy (or primitive) the camera itself.

As digital cameras and software packages become more advanced, seemingly by the minute, it has become easier than ever to overlook the basic elements which have always resulted in the best photographs, no matter how fancy (or primitive) the camera itself.

From the perfect glossy pages of a magazine to the larger-than-life images floating on a billboard in the sky, image retouching has become a key component of today's digital photography world.

From the perfect glossy pages of a magazine to the larger-than-life images floating on a billboard in the sky, image retouching has become a key component of today's digital photography world.

Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work.

Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work.

Now in its Third Edition, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques continues to be the most trusted source for both student and professional scenic artists.

Now in its Third Edition, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques continues to be the most trusted source for both student and professional scenic artists.

If it's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking.

If it's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking.

Skilful lighting involves a subtle blend of systematic mechanics and a sensitive visual imagination.

Skilful lighting involves a subtle blend of systematic mechanics and a sensitive visual imagination.

The Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics brings together the wide range of current information relevant to the practising conservator.

The Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics brings together the wide range of current information relevant to the practising conservator.

Representing Landscape Architecture offers a broad investigation of how the designed landscape is and has been represented: for design study, for criticism and even for its realization.

Representing Landscape Architecture offers a broad investigation of how the designed landscape is and has been represented: for design study, for criticism and even for its realization.

In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is.

In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is.

As 'visual animals' architects continue to live and work in a pictorial age in which image-making remains the central activity of environmental design.

As 'visual animals' architects continue to live and work in a pictorial age in which image-making remains the central activity of environmental design.