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Title: 4x4 Photoshop and 3D: Geometry/Chaos by Tom Muller, Brian Taylor, Nathan Flood, Dave Smith ISBN: 1-903450-46-2 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: missing the point!
Comment: people dismissing this book because it does not provide step by step instructions are entirely missing the point of Brian and the other designers motivation in this book. You only have to look at a quote from him to see what I mean...
"If you want to develop an individual look to your work, my advice is not to take the accepted capabilities of a piece of software. Decide what you want to achieve first, and figure out a way of making it happen." - Brian Taylor
The book is inspirational, it shows what can be achieved, I find it strange that people expect a step-by-step account of how to create a work of art?!?!
Rating: 2
Summary: many pics, little knowledge
Comment: High hopes, big disappointment. I expected to find some deep knowledge on composition and design strategies. What i found were many pictures, but no real design secrets. The text is a little bit like "i created this strange object, i kinda liked it so i then did this and that. That was not quite it, so i did another this and that, looks better now."
The authors are good designers, no doubt, but this book won't help you improve your own work. There is no concept behind this book, the authors don't even know why they are writing this book. There already isn't much text in this book and about a third of that is being wasted with the authors wondering what the publisher and the readers actually expect of them and what the other three authors will come up with.
And about chaostheory and nanotechnology and all that: you'll learn more by reading an editorial review on the back of a book on these...
Rating: 5
Summary: Its a shame.......
Comment: that the first review written for this book is so negative.....
with that much said, if you are looking to learn, training manual style, this book will not help you. If that is what you want,buy a New Rider's 3DMax book and a Photoshop classroom in a book, study art and design for about a year, get cozy with the software, terms, etc, then come back and make this purchase, at $34.99 it is a steal.
So, if you are interested in reading how some of the most creative(Brian Taylor is awesome - - check www.rustboy.com) minds in the design/graphic industry function, get this book quick. It is a book done buy creative folks for creative folks, it is not written by software technicians.
IT IS NOT A USERS MANUAL!!!!
I found the writing style of this book, like most Friends of Ed books (I have two others) to be extremely personal and inviting, I couldnt put it down. Add to that the gorgeous look, and HIGH QUALITY of the works displayed, it is truly a treasure. As a graduating design student working on my SeniorProject, this book could not have come along at a better time.
chaos theory, nanotechnology, geometric analogies, awesome!!!!
the CD which accompanies the book is also excellent, it comes with fully editable Photoshop files, etc, so the tutorials are in there, and they are excellent!!!
remeber all design/art students and admirers, the learning process behind the creation is more valuable than the software which carries it out. concepts..........................
this book is steroids for the designers mind.
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Title: 4x4 Photoshop and Illustrator: Light/Dark by Jemma Et Al Gura, Jemma Gura, Sean Donohue, Nick Higgins, Adrian Luna ISBN: 1903450454 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: 4x4 Generative Design (with Auto-Illustrator, Java, DBN, Lingo): Life/Oblivion by Golan Levin, Lia, Meta, Adrian Ward ISBN: 1903450470 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: 4x4 Photoshop and Flash: Time/Stasis by Jeremy Tai Abbett, Arron Bleasdale, Karen Ingram, Francine Spiegel ISBN: 1903450489 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: New Masters of Photoshop by Mike Cina, Derek Lea, Peter Stanick, Mike Young, Eun-Ha Paek, Jens Karlsson, Norma V Toraya ISBN: 1903450624 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Skip Intro: Flash Usability and Interface Design by Duncan McAlester, Michelangelo Capraro ISBN: 073571178X Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 11 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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