Bloomsbury Visual Arts imprint: 136 books
Art History for Filmmakers
The Art of Visual Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Since cinema's earliest days, literary adaptation has provided the movies with stories; and so we use literary terms like metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche to describe visual things. But there is another way of looking at film, and that is through its relationship with the visual arts – mainly painting,...
Visual Communication Design
An Introduction to Design Concepts in Everyday Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Where do design principles come from? Are they abstract "rules" established by professionals or do they have roots in human experience? And if we encounter these visual phenomena in our everyday lives, how do designers use them to attract our attention, orient our behavior, and create compelling...
Illustration
A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Illustration practice is not judged purely by visual literacy and technical qualities, but also requires intellectual engagement with its subject matter. Illustration: A Theoretical & Contextual Perspective, 2nd Edition examines the breadth and many uses of this diverse discipline, through nearly...
The Moving Image Workshop
Introducing animation, motion graphics and visual effects in 45 practical projects
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
If you need a fun, hands-on introduction to core animation techniques - then look no further! Heather Freeman guides you through a wide range of practical projects, helping you establish and build skills in narrative animation, motion graphics and visual effects.
Each chapter begins by summarizing...
Visual Research
An Introduction to Research Methods in Graphic Design
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Packed with more than 200 colour illustrations, Visual Research explores a range of research methods that can be used by graphic designers and visual communicators in the development of clear and purposeful design solutions. The book introduces key terms and theories that underlie design research;...
Reportage Illustration
Visual Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
The power of reportage drawing is in the immediacy of the images that are created and the feeling of the illustrator's presence on location. Comparable in some ways to photojournalism, reportage illustrators are acting as visual journalists, proactively creating narrative work about issues and subjects,...
by Paul Wells, Samantha Moore
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Packed with examples from classic and contemporary films, The Fundamentals of Animation presents each stage of the animation production process in an engaging visual style, whilst providing an historical and critical context for four core disciplines: drawn/cel; 2D/3D stop-motion; computer generated;...
Layout for Graphic Designers
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Layout for graphic design concerns the arrangement of text and images on a page. How these elements are positioned, both in relation to one another, and within the overall design scheme, will affect how content is viewed and received. Whether in print or online, it is key to powerful visual communication.
Layout...
Visible Signs
An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Basic semiotic theories are taught in most art schools as part of a contextual studies program, but many students find it difficult to understand how these ideas might impact on their own practice. Visible Signs tackles this problem by introducing key theories and concepts, such as signs and signifiers,...
Verbalising the Visual
Translating art and design into words
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Verbalising the Visual: Translating Art and Design into Words by Michael Clarke introduces readers to a broad range of language and terminology: formal and informal, academic and colloquial, global and local, all of which can be found in current art and design discourse.
Exploring the complex...
by Mr Paul Harris, Gavin Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press & Production is a concise and comprehensive introduction to the world of print and production. Containing textual and visual defintitions for over 250 pre-press and production terms, this book is an invaluable reference tool for all students and practitioners...
by Trudi Entwistle, Edwin Knighton
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Visual Communication for Landscape Architecture demonstrates not only how and where a range of visual communication skills are needed to inform a design process, but also why they are essential in order to make presentations both informative and memorable. It illustrates how representational techniques...
by Mr David Bramston
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Basics Product Design: Visual Conversations introduces design students to the art of communication in product design. David Bramston explains the process of translation from rough concept to fully-realised production. It emphasizes the importance of simplicity in creating effective sketches; examines...
by Gavin Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
How do you start a design project? How can you generate ideas and concepts in response to a design brief? How do other designers do it? This book will answer all these questions and more.
Now in its second edition, the highly popular Design Thinking for Visual Communication identifies methods...