(Paperback)

Suitable for aspiring comic book artists, this book teaches writing, drawing and creating comic book characters. It focuses on action-adventure comics, and touches upon other genres and styles, such as romance, humour, horror and the widely influential manga style.

(Paperback)

Shows readers how to draw some of the exciting and dynamic superheroes of all time. This title features superheroes such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Avengers all share a common trait.

(Paperback)

"From the legendary co-creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man"--Cover.

(Paperback)

Whether you're a filmmaker, animator or video-game artist - storyboarding is a skill that is absolutely critical. This book covers everything students and working professionals need to master the art of writing and formatting scripts, creating frames, and following visual logic to create a cohesive narrative.

(Paperback)

Structured so that each detailed lesson builds on the previous one, this book reinforces the learning process with diagrams, illustrations, exercises, and demonstrations. Including a workable method of colour mixing, it is tailored to the insecurity of the beginners; skills are built slowly, with guidance and logical explanations.

(Paperback)

A complete guide to learning and perfecting brush lettering, covering basic skills, flourishes and project ideas.

(Paperback)

This handbook presents the essentials of airbrush applications in a non-technical and easy-to-understand format. There is practical guidance and advice on equipment and mediums, airbrush operation, studio set-up and more. It also offers techniques for developing original source material.

(Paperback)

Suitable for photographers, this book shows how to capture subjects in innovative fresh ways - from animals and plants, to objects found in the kitchen, the supermarket, even the local tip. It offers information on equipment, exposure, light and composition.

(Paperback)

This guide to on- and off-camera flash picks up where Peterson's "Understanding Exposure" leaves off, helping free photographers from the limitations of auto to get the images they want when natural light isn't enough.

(Paperback)

This straightforward handbook offers a fresh approach to watercolour mastery that bridges the gap between theory and practice. Through thoughtful discussion, expert instruction, and in-depth step-by-step demonstrations, Leslie Frontz shows readers how to eliminate common barriers to achieve beautiful, captivating watercolour paintings.

(Paperback)

Features artwork with a range of subjects and styles. This title offers more thoughtful, fresh and original approach to watercolour.

(Paperback)

Takes you on a journey of art discovery and exploration. This title looks at watercolours, with illustrations of it's visual characteristics and their effects with different paper surfaces. It focuses on acrylics, gouache, and casein. It presents the author's secrets for the difficult aspect of painting - developing a personal style and vision.

(Paperback)

Features step-by-step lessons that teach everything needed to take ideas from script to dynamic sequential art. This title exposes methods for crafting comic scripts, reveals business secrets, insights from the author's fellow creators and more. It also challenges readers with exercises to jumpstart their own graphic novel writing success.

(Paperback)

Suitable for children aged 9 to 12 years old, this title shows budding artists how to draw the wonderful characters of manga, from pretty shoujo girls and moody bishounen boys to the hilarious, super-cute chibis.

(Paperback)

Shows new parents how to capture the story of their baby's first year with 40 'photo recipes' anyone can do, with any camera. This book inspires new parents and grandparents with easy, step-by-step photo ideas for capturing developmental milestones and special moments, from tiny yawns to first smiles, learning to sit up and much more.

(Paperback)

This all-in-one sourcebook demonstrates how every artist can exploit this medium to open up unlimited creative possibilities.

(Paperback)

Exposure is one of the most difficult and therefore in-demand topics with amateur photographers, who are always striving for the elusive "perfect shot". This title shows amateur photographers of all levels how to conquer more than 25 tricky exposure scenarios frequently found in the field.

(Paperback)

A guide containing all that the aspiring calligraphers need to discover and develop their hand-lettering skills, including step-by-step instructions and expert advice on everything from selecting pens and mastering alphabets to advanced letter design. It is based on beautiful contemporary designs and historical examples.

(Paperback)

Suitable for painters, art students and art educators, on the paramount issue of mastering colour, this book provides direct, practical demonstrations that show how to construct a painting with colour.

(Paperback)

A guide to the next big thing in wedding imagery that shows wedding photographers of various levels how to evolve past photojournalism to the higher-end, more stylised look brides want, with specific design, composition, posing and lighting techniques that makes any bride's wedding photos look like the pages of a glossy lifestyle magazine.

(Hardback)

An illustrated and entertaining journey through the creative process of renowned design studio House Industries, offering innovative and inspirational ideas to help artists, designers, musicians and creative people in any industry develop their best work.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Almost everyone can "see" in the conventional sense, but developing photographic vision takes practice. This work helps photographers visualize their work, and the world, in a whole new light. Using inventive photographs from his own portfolio, the author deconstructs creativity for photographers.

(Hardback)

This all-in-one guide to printmaking techniques is a complete technical and inspirational book on the history and contemporary processes for relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, mixed media/transfers and post digital graphics, with extended profiles of a wide range of contemporary printmakers.