FIRST® Robots: Behind the Design features 30 top-performing robots from the 2015 FIRST® Robotics Competition, which partners youth and mentors to design and construct robots for exciting sports-like competition. The annual event draws leading robot designers who compete, cooperate, and experience the rewards of engineering and science. The 2015 campaign spanned the globe and included 2,900 teams and more than 72,000 high school students.

FIRST Robots: Behind the Design - 30 Profiles of Design, Manufacturing, and Control

Rockport Publishers

The Landscape Painter's Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting. Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads you step by step through his approach to the genre, from establishing a composition using basic shapes to applying time-tested color strategies, with all-new lessons, practical exercises, and special topics, including: <ul> <li>The Complete Color Strategy. What are the three aspects of color contrast that guide a painting's strategy?</li> <li>Notan. Explore this special type of compositional study, which identifies the underlying shapes and patterns of a composition.</li> <li>Picture Formats. How does the picture format--horizontal, vertical, or square--affect the composition? What are the pros and cons of each?</li> <li>Color Grouping. A full chapter details this special practice, which helps maintain harmony by organizing colors into a limited number of groups.</li> <li>Composition. An in-depth review of variation, movement, and active negative space, with illustrations that diagram the action in each example.</li> <li>Workshop Exercises. Instead of demonstrations that show how the author paints, The Landscape Painter's Workbook includes 10 skill-building workshop exercises to help you work through essential lessons on your own.</li> </ul> With examples of work by 45 contemporary landscape painters--more than 80 paintings in all--&#8203;in oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor, the lessons are suitable for all mediums. Each painting is thoroughly analyzed in terms of shape, composition, or color, with supporting diagrams, thumbnails, and photographs. The Landscape Painter's Workbook inspires and informs all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, on how to successfully portray the majesty and subtlety of the natural world. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.

The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Volume 6) (For Artists, 6)

Arts & Photography

Albala, Mitchell

Graphic Design

With Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters, you'll learn character design from the inside out from renowned concept artist and teacher TB Choi. <ul> <li>Begin by exploring straight and curved lines, rough and final sketching, and how to effectively incorporate values</li> <li>Develop convincing character backstories with consistent behaviors and traits</li> <li>Draw faces, bodies, poses, and expressions that reinforce your characters' personalities and circumstances</li> <li>Createclothing, costumes, and accessories that enrich your characters' stories</li> <li>Design and drawpets and sidekicks with captivating personalities that complement and highlight their lead characters</li> <li>Finalize drawings with just the right light, shadow, and color temperature to enhance your creations</li> </ul> Filled with step-by-step demonstrations and expert guidance and advice, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters teaches you everything you need to bring unique characters to life.

Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters: Step-by-Step Lessons for Creating and Drawing Unique Characters - Learn Anatomy, Poses, Expressions, Costumes, and More

Choi, TB

In Made by James, top graphic designer James Martin shares techniques, information, and ideas to help you become a better logo designer.

Made by James: The Honest Guide to Creativity and Logo Design

MARTIN, James

Made by James

Universal Principles of Interior Design is a concise visual presentation of 100 fundamental elements of interior design.

Universal Principles of Interior Design: 100 Ways to Develop Innovative Ideas, Enhance Usability, and Design Effective Solutions (Volume 3) (Rockport Universal, 3)

GRIMLEY, Chris

Harris Smith, Kelly

History & Criticism

This handy, portable version of the authoritative Universal Methods of Design provides the same&nbsp;thorough and critical presentation, updated and expanded to include 125 research methods, synthesis/analysis techniques, and research deliverables for human-centered design. Each method of research is distilled down to its most powerful essence, in a format that will help individual practitioners as well as design teams select and implement the research methods best suited to their design culture within the constraints of their projects. This valuable guide:&nbsp; <ul> <li>Dismantles the myth that user research methods are complicated, expensive, and time-consuming</li> <li>Creates a shared meaning for cross-disciplinary design teams</li> <li>Illustrates methods with compelling visualizations and case studies</li> <li>Characterizes each method at a glance&nbsp;</li> </ul> With the concise, accessible format of&nbsp;The Pocket Universal Methods of Design, you and your team will be designing in a completely new, more effective way.&nbsp;&nbsp; The titles in the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers, students, and anyone who is interested in expanding and enriching their design knowledge.

The Pocket Universal Methods of Design, Revised and Expanded: 125 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions (Rockport Universal)

Hanington, Bruce

Martin, Bella

Reference

Universal Principles of Design, Updated and Expanded Third Edition is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia, now with fully updated existing entries and expanded with 75 new entries to present a total of 200 laws, guidelines, and considerations that are important to successful design. 
Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, this essential design guide pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. 
Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work—until now. 
Each principle is presented in a two-page format. The left-hand page contains a succinct definition and a full description of the principle, examples of and guidelines for its use, and side notes that provide elaborations and references. The right-hand page contains visual examples and related graphics to support a deeper understanding of the principle. 
The book is organized alphabetically so that principles can be easily and quickly referenced by name. From the Abbe Principle to the Zeigarnick Effect, every major design concept is defined and illustrated, including these new additions: Feature creep Gamification Root cause Social trap Supernormal stimulus\nA landmark reference for designers, engineers, architects, and students, Universal Principles of Design has become the standard for anyone seeking to broaden and improve their design expertise, explore brainstorming ideas, and improve the quality of their design work.\nThe titles in the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers, students, and anyone who is interested in expanding and enriching their design knowledge.

Universal Principles of Design, Updated and Expanded Third Edition: 200 Ways to Increase Appeal, Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, and Make ... Decisions (Volume 1) (Rockport Universal, 1)

Butler, Jill

Lidwell, William

Holden, Kritina

Learn how to reflect the beautifully diverse world around you in the manga-style characters you draw, guided by the talented team of artists at Saturday AM.\nSaturday AM is the world’s leading showcase of diverse anime and manga stories. How to Draw Diverse Manga features the comics brand’s most popular artists, who themselves represent racial identities, ethnicities, and cultures from all over the world, as well as diverse gender identities.\nOur perceptions of the world are shaped by how the media presents it. With this guide, you will be able to tell inclusive stories about heroic, beautiful, strong, intelligent, and courageous heroes from all backgrounds that are relatable to all and represent the true diversity of our world.\nThe reader-friendly, step-by-step presentation, which is accessible even to beginning artists, shares drawing guidance for: 
Diverse faces, features, and expressions Bodies, proportions, and body positivity Hair, including afros, braids, and waves Developing character design through the language of shape, silhouette, and color schemes Avoiding stereotypes and caricatures 
Perfect for beginning to intermediate manga and anime artists, character designers, fantasy illustrators, animators, and cartoonists, Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga offers an insider’s point of view and expertise on how to design and draw authentic manga characters that reflect the diverse identities and backgrounds of our world.\nFind even more inspiration for diverse manga characters in Saturday AM TANKS, which collect Saturday AM’s comics in graphic novel format.\nThe Saturday AM TANKS series include:Apple Black, Clock Striker, Gunhild, Hammer, Henshin!, The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts, Oblivion Rouge, Saigami, Soul Beat, Titan King, Underground, and Yellow Stringer.

Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga: Design and Create Anime and Manga Characters with Diverse Identities of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (Saturday AM / How To)

Saturday AM

Learn to design simple, powerful, and timeless logos.\nWhen you think of a brand, often the first thing that comes to mind is the logo, the visual representation of that product, place, thing, or business. The power of simplicity for these marks can never be underestimated—a logo that comprises simple shapes can communicate a stronger message than a complex one, leaving a lasting impression in a viewer’s mind.\nIn Principles of Logo Design, noted logo designer George Bokhua shares his process for creating logotypes that will stand the test of time. Applying the enduring principles of classic texts on grid systems by Josef Muller-Brockmann and on form and design by Wucius Wong, Bokhua elaborates on his popular online classes, demonstrating in detail how to maximize communicationwith minimal information to create logos using, simple, monochromatic shapes.\nThis comprehensive volume includes: How to apply a strong, simple, and minimal design aesthetic to logo design Why gridding is important, and understanding the golden ratio and when to use it How to sketch and refine logos through tracing, then grid and execute a mark in Adobe Illustrator Fine-tuning techniques to ensure visual integrity Knowing how to design a great logo is a core skill for any graphic designer. Principles of Logo Design helps designers at all levels of skill and experience conceive, develop, and create logos that are not only pleasing to the eye but evoke a sense of perfection.

Principles of Logo Design: A Practical Guide to Creating Effective Signs, Symbols, and Icons

BOKHUA, GEORGE

Review\n“Younger fans of action manga may be entertained.”―Kirkus Reviews\n“The easy-to-follow story and action-packed art will have young fantasy-adventure fans eager for the next installment.”―Jonathan Khan, Booklist\nLeft on his own again, Stud gets sucked into one of his father’s journals down into an ocean kingdom grappling with the murder of its king. Can Stud use his hammer hands to solve the case?\nOur hero Stud is a fourteen-year-old boy whose father regularly abandons him on expeditions that he regularly catalogs in his own journals. Having to fend for himself, Stud isn’t like most kids—he can turn his hands into hammers! Unfortunately, the kids in the village don’t think it’s cool and do not allow him to join their own fun adventures. Considering that his father has always advised him that friends are the most important accomplishment a person can make, what’s a boy who can turn part of his body into metal to do? Go on his own adventures, of course! 
When Stud stumbles upon one of his father’s journals detailing his past adventures with Tara, Stud’s mother; our young hero unknowingly makes a wish. Using “wishing coins,” after reading a passage about them, Stud gets sucked into the book, and it is at the location of one of his parents’ adventures! While that would be weird enough, he’s fallen on top of a hammerhead shark by the name of Steele, who is suspected of killing the Ocean King. 
Stranded in a water world and unable to breathe without special assistance, Stud’s in a bit of trouble. With no way home in sight, he attempts to finally make a friend who can help him and thus chooses to aid the Mermaid Detective trying to solve the murder case. Can Stud solve this problem with his shiny hammer hands? He’s going to try! 
Hammer is rated Y for Youth, recommended for ages 10 and up.\nSaturday AM, the world’s most diverse manga-inspired comics, are now presented in a new format! Introducing Saturday AM TANKS, the new graphic novel format similar to Japanese Tankobons where we collect the global heroes and artists of Saturday AM. These handsome volumes have select color pages, revised artwork, and innovative post-credit scenes that help bring new life to our popular BIPOC, LGBTQ, and/or culturally diverse characters. 
Join in even more adventures with the other action-packed Saturday AM TANKS series:Apple Black, Clock Striker, Gunhild, Henshin!, The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts, Oblivion Rouge, Saigami, Soul Beat, Titan King, Underground, and Yellow Stringer.

Hammer, Volume 1: The Ocean Kingdom (Saturday AM TANKS / Hammer, 1)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Odin, Jey

Manga

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