Learn how to letter and create fun, adorable illustrations featuring everyday objects in this step-by-step guide—with tips and tricks to kickstart your creative journey. In this effervescent approach to art instruction, artist Jesi Rodgers opens up her tool kit, sharing techniques, inspiration, and encouragement to teach the creatively curious how to draw and paint adorable projects. Adorable Art Class explores Jesi’s quirky, bright, and captivating art style. The lessons show how to create supercute illustrations of the kinds of things we see every day: Flowers Teacup Bike Cat Taco Donut Apple  Along the way, we learn about color, materials, tools, and finding your creative voice. With helpful prompts and projects using a range of techniques and mediums, from pencil sketching to marker coloring, anyone can master this cute and adorable art style. Read more

Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards's bestseller The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Now, much as artists progress from drawing to painting, Edwards moves from black-and-white into color. This much-awaited new guide distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations.Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Edwards provides a basic understanding of how to see color, how to use it, and-for those involved in art, painting, or design-how to mix and combine hues. Including more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, this volume explains how to:see what is really there rather than what you "know" in your mind about colored objectsperceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one anothermanipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their oppositesbalance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait paintingunderstand the psychology of colorharmonize color in your surroundingsWhile we recognize and treasure the beautiful use of color, reproducing what we see can be a challenge. Accessibly unweaving color's complexity, this must-have primer is destined to be an instant classic. Read more

Have you ever wondered if you need a special talent to learn drawing? The answer is NO!Anyone can learn to draw, and this book will guide you every step of the way—from your very first lines to mastering advanced techniques. Whether you're a complete beginner or someone looking to refine your skills, this book makes the learning process simple, enjoyable, and frustration-free.What You'll Discover Inside:✅ Step-by-Step Lessons: Follow an easy, structured approach designed for beginners. Improve from the very first exercise!✅ Practical and Theoretical Techniques: Learn how to hold a pencil, control your lines, and progress toward realistic drawings.✅ Sketching and Pencil Drawing Methods: Find the perfect style that suits you, whether shading, contouring, or detailed sketching.✅ Develop Your Own Artistic Style: Go beyond copying—express yourself through your art!✅ Psychological Insights into Drawing: Unlock creativity, improve accuracy, and develop artistic confidence.Who Is This Book For?✔️ Aspiring artists who want to learn how to draw from scratch.✔️ Hobbyists looking to refine their skills and explore new techniques.✔️ Professionals who want to strengthen their fundamental skills.Why This Book?No fluff, just practical guidance—clear explanations, hands-on exercises, and actionable steps.Beginner-friendly—even if you've never drawn before, you'll be amazed at your progress.Boost your creativity and confidence—understand the technical and artistic side of drawing.If you've always wanted to learn how to draw but didn’t know where to start, this book is for you!This eBook is identical to its print version and has been designed with a fixed format due to the large number of images included in its content.This ensures an optimal visual experience and prevents mismatches in the layout of text and images. However, this also means that the font size cannot be adjusted like in other eBooks with a fluid format. In the printed version, we have chosen a larger font size than usual to reduce visual fatigue and make reading more comfortable for everyone, including visually impaired and elderly individuals. In the digital edition, the font is a standard size that cannot be increased.📚 Get your copy today and start your artistic journey! ✍️✨ Read more

Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas—about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story—remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published in 1991, Picture This has changed the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics, and readers look at and understand art. Read more

Master drawing basics in just five weeks with this workbook for beginners of all ages!The bestselling author of Manga Learning to Draw with Fun and Learn to Draw: Day-by-Day,Isabel B. Zimmerman (aka KritzelPixel), brings you a fun, beginner-friendly program to quickly grasp core drawing techniques. Each week, you’ll develop a new skill, incorporating principles such as light, depth, and perspective into your evolving work. Whether you dream of being able to draw animals, humans, manga, or creating a comic book of your own, this workbook provides a template for how to gain confidence and see improvement right away.With Learn to Draw in 5 Weeks, you’ll: Explore easy, step-by-step instructions: Learn the fundamentals of drawing through simple definitions, visual examples, and anecdotes from the author’s experience. Access exclusive explanatory videos: QR codes throughout the book take you directly to author videos that further explain core drawing lessons.Complete fun daily exercises: Simple assignments will help improve your skill set week after week. Accessible prompts inspire you to put pen (or pencil!) to paper from Day 1!Become the artist you want to be! While art comes from the heart, this book provides all the technical skills you need for your foundation—in five short weeks.No matter your age or stage—whether you’re a beginner or returning after a long time—Isabel B. Zimmermann offers tools to watch your skill set soar! Read more

A good sketch starts with good bones—this guide from an architectural illustrator shows how to think like an architect and master accurate perspective.This book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings and simple steps to explain the often challenging and overwhelming concepts of perspective in practical and useful ways for on-site sketching. Most books are either too abstract or don’t provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when you’re out in the busy, wide world about to start a drawing. Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten and shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work?The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective helps you learn to think like an architect, to draw buildings and spaces by reducing what you see to simple, basic shapes, then adding layers in simple steps, and finally finishing your sketch with detail, tone, and color—in accurate perspective. Full of helpful tips, it even deconstructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective, it will change the way you see the world—you’ll see perspective everywhere. Key concepts explored in this volume include:Basic Terms * Basic Spatial Principles * Types of Perspective * Building a Sketch in Layers * Special Conditions Read more

“How to Draw Cool Stuff: Basics, Shading, Texture, Pattern and Optical Illusions” is the second book in the How to Draw Cool Stuff series. Inside you will find simple illustrations that cover the necessities of drawing cool stuff. Specific exercises are provided that offer step-by-step guidelines for drawing a variety of subjects. Each lesson starts with an easy-to-draw shape that will become the basic structure of the drawing. From there, each step adds elements to that structure, allowing the artist to build on their creation and make a more detailed image. Starting with the basic forms, the artist is provided a guide to help see objects in terms of simplified shapes. Instructions for shading to add depth, contrast, character and movement to a drawing are then covered. The varieties of texture and pattern that can be included in an artwork offer another layer of interest and depth to a design. These elements are necessary to indicate the way something looks like it feels in a work (texture) or creating the repetition of shapes, lines or colors (patterns). Illustrated optical illusions involve images that are sensed and perceived to be different from what they really are, showing examples of how the mind and the eyes can play tricks on each other. All you need is a piece of paper, a pencil and an eraser and you are ready to draw cool stuff. Once the drawing is complete, it can be colored, shaded or designed in any way you like to make it original. Following these exercises is a great way to practice your craft and begin seeing things in terms of simple shapes within a complex object. Read more

How to learn Hand Lettering and Calligraphy in 30 days (Even if you're Denied with Writing)Learn How to Master the Art of Creative Lettering Apply the secret techniques to learn faster. Here you can find exciting new many ways to getting started and attain higher satisfaction by making full use of your creativity!With lots of the actionable tips used by the pros, you’ll get started the right way. Thanks to this book, learning creative lettering and calligraphy, is now easier than ever. It will help you become a lettering superstar in no time.Discover the multiple ways this new book can help you reach the full potential. This book will help you achieve just that.Here’s what’s packed in this excellent and easy to use how-to guide:How to Start with Hand Lettering, so you're ready to jump right in and start creating your first letters.Basic Hand Lettering Terminology. And stop wasting time.Different Types of Calligraphy as Unique Lettering. This makes improving more tangible and real.The Way to Use Calligraphy Tools and Supplies. So, you can get the most out of them.How to Make Calligraphy Strokes. So, you can achieve better results.Learn Alphabets from Basic to Fancy.The Effective Way for Calligraphy Projects Step by Step. So, you can get more done in less time.Learn How to Write Business Cards and Letterhead (and amaze your friends, your colleagues and your family!)How to Introduce Kids to Calligraphy. So, they can understand it, stress-free.And much more!Getting this book is one of the most effective things you can do to transform your lettering. This book will show you how, in an easy-to-understand manner, you can learn the skills and techniques of hand-lettering and calligraphy to boost your confidence rapidly.Get your copy now, even gift one to a friend and start your journey today.Enjoy this awesome hobby the right way without breaking the bank. See how you can master the art of creative lettering even if you have never tried this before. This is the perfect gift for anyone getting started with hand lettering and calligraphy. Don’t miss your chance for developing your skills starting today!Ready to take a beautiful journey of creativity?Scroll up, click on "Buy Now with 1-Click", and Get Your Copy Now! Read more

Learn how to paint on your iPad like the professionals in Beginner’s Guide to Procreate, a comprehensive introduction to this industry-standard software. Accessible and versatile, Procreate is an ideal tool for anyone wanting to give digital painting a go. Step-by-step tutorials, quick tips, and inspiring artwork ensure you’ll have all you need to create stunning concept art quickly and easily. Read more

This classic guide by a master animator and cartoonist — and long time Disney artist — is now available for the first time since its original publication in 1946. Author Ken Hultgren instructs by example in a guide that's suitable for beginners and advanced students alike.The comprehensive range of instruction covers features and expressions, animals, foreshortening, perspective, lettering, caricature, animation, and various other aspects of cartooning. All subjects include step-by-step guides, several examples, and helpful hints and suggestions. Blank pages allow lots of room for drawing practice. Professional and amateur animators, cartoonists, caricaturists, and artists dealing with characterization will find this timeless manual an excellent and instructive companion. Read more

Make your manga pop with captivating colors and striking shadows!Color, lighting and shadows are critical components of effective manga and anime illustrations. From basic principles to step-by-step tutorials, learn the techniques the pros use to create powerful palettes and bold or subtle atmospheric effects. In this highly detailed book, you'll learn how to:Create natural-looking color schemes with the right balance of light and dark areasControl the reader's gaze through the use of specific colors and shadow areasCreate three-dimensional effects using lighting, shadows and colorFinish your illustrations with color and shading to give them a strong sense of unityAnd much more!Creative, cohesive color choices. Bold and eye-catching shadows and lighting effects. Raise your manga and anime illustrations to a whole new level by learning these professional-level color and lighting techniques! Read more

With the help of the easy-to-follow illustrations found in this book you’ll quickly be able to learn how to draw a whole bunch of cats and kittens. For each character, detailed step-by-step illustrations are provided so that you can easily follow along from start to finish. The H.W. Doodles series of drawing books are ideal for beginning artists who would like to learn and improve their drawing skills as well as more advanced artists who are looking to practice and hone the skills that they have already acquired. So, with the help of this drawing book, absolutely anyone will be able to tap into their creative side. These drawings can be completed on paper using drawing implements or, if you prefer to work digitally, then you can use your favorite drawing program instead. Either way, you’re sure to have fun drawing all of the adorable cats and kittens found in this book. Read more

COLOR PALETTE BOOK is perfect for Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, and Fashion Students. It contains 205 palettes with 975 different colors. Each has a HEX code, allowing you to quickly check and convert them into RGB, CMYK, and other formats. Additionally, the book features a soft premium Matte Finish cover. It's an inspirational tool to enhance your Art, Design, and Graphic Design Projects.205 Palettes975 different colors with HEX (#) Code Read more

Do You Want To Know More About The Drawing for Beginners to Expert?Drawing for Beginners to Expert: Draw Comics, Sketching , Sketching Characters, Inking, Doodle Drawing, Drawing Manga, How to Draw Free BooksAre You Wondering How to Draw a Comics and be an Expert?Are You Looking for The Best Way To Learn Drawing from the Scratch?Here is a Preview Of What You Will Learn Inside..Introduction on How to Learn The Techniques in Drawing a Comic CharacterLearn The Basic Shapes and How it Fit Together Before Building up a CharacterKnow More About The Difference Between a Men And a Women Body Structure when You Draw themMaster The Techniques of Adding Clothes and How to Bring Life to Your Character by Inking and ColoringAnd So Much More!Download This Book and Start Learning and be an Expert on Drawing a Comics!*** Read It FREE With Kindle Unlimited Or Prime Membership ***Don't have kindle? No worries! Read it on your PC, Mac, Tablet Or Smartphone!Download Your Copy Or Read It FREE With Kindle Unlimited Or Prime MembershipTags: Drawing, Comics, Sketching, Inking, Doodle Drawing, Drawing Manga, How to Draw Read more

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Unlock the limitless potential of Adobe Illustrator 2025 with this all-encompassing guide tailored for beginners and seasoned professionals alike. Whether you're crafting sleek logos, intricate illustrations, or bold designs, this guide is your ultimate companion to mastering the world's leading vector graphics software.Delve into a treasure trove of creative possibilities! From the fundamentals of document creation and workspace customization to advanced techniques like vector art generation with text prompts, this guide is packed with the tools and insights you need to elevate your design game. Discover how to harness Adobe Illustrator's cutting-edge features, such as improved planar mockups, cloud documents, and personalized shortcuts, to create pixel-perfect artwork with ease and confidence.Imagine designing with unparalleled control, precision, and efficiency. With step-by-step instructions, expert tips, and practical examples, you'll learn to:Master key tools like the Pen, Curvature, and Eraser tools.Customize workspaces, modify UI scaling, and dock panels for optimal workflow.Align, group, and manipulate objects with precision.Create stunning typography, gradients, and vector illustrations.Enhance your designs with expert techniques for formatting text, working with gradients, and applying color.This guide transforms complex concepts into simple, actionable steps, helping you achieve professional-quality results in no time!Don’t let design challenges hold you back. Empower your creativity and streamline your workflow with Essential Beginner's Guide to Adobe Illustrator 2025. Order your copy today and start creating designs that truly stand out! Read more

A gorgeously designed full-color visual biography that brings Terry Pratchett’s universally beloved Discworld to life as never before and pays tribute to an enduring creative collaboration.“It's still magic, even if you know how it's done.” –Sir Terry PratchettDesigning Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is a celebration of Discworld art and a brilliant homage to the decades-long collaboration between artist Paul Kidby and Sir Terry Pratchett that takes readers behind the scenes of one of the great creative partnerships.It shows how the Discworld was brought to visual life—from the earliest sketches to the final magnificent masterpieces—and how Pratchett and Kidby were influenced by art and pop culture, fusing them into the Discworld universe. While Pratchett was the undisputed creative fountainhead, for three decades Kidby has been the artistic force taking the people, places, and pieces of man-eating luggage from Terry's ever-fertile imagination right into our world.Packed with never-before-seen art and the stories behind it, it is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages. Read more

In this New York Times bestseller, “you’ll see star births described in pen and ink, antimatter realized in collage, and a hand-painted black hole” (Discover Magazine).A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose seventy-five of today’s hottest artists onto life’s vast questions, from how we got here to where we are going. Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest) mysteries of the natural world are explained in essays by real working scientists, which are then illustrated by artists given free rein to be as literal or as imaginative as they like. The result is a celebration of the wonder that inspires every new discovery. Featuring work by such contemporary luminaries as Lisa Congdon, Jen Corace, Neil Farber, Susie Ghahremani, Jeremyville, and many more, this is a work of scientific and artistic exploration to pique the interest of both the intellectually and imaginatively curious.“A work of art . . . Pop-science buffs will find the subject matter intriguing, and those who admire graphic novels or comic art will find a plethora of eye candy.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The artists created whimsical illustrations, and the scientists responded with thoughtful essays.” —Smithsonian.com“Seventy-five contemporary artists such as Jacob Magraw, Jen Corace, and Patrick Kyle were commissioned to create the book’s original artwork, leading to a huge variety of visual styles throughout. Some illustrations are, like the front cover pictured above, akin to those of a beautified textbook, but the most are simply works of art; literal, metaphorical, or satiric imagery to accompany the text.” —The Verge Read more

This introduction to light for students and visual artists explores the way light can be used to create realistic and fantastical effects in a wide range of media. Divided into three parts, the clearly written text explains: the fundamental properties of natural and artificial light; how to create realistic images by observing people and the environment; the creative use of light in composition and design. Updated with revised photos and artwork, as well as 15 practical exercises and new online video material, this second edition is an indispensable resource for animators, digital illustrators, painters, photographers and artists working in any medium. Read more

** ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK **Winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureWinner of the International IMPAC Dublin Award'Wonderful' The Spectator'Magnificent'Observer'Sumptuous' New Yorker'Unforgettable'GuardianMy Name is Red is an unforgettable murder mystery, set amid the splendour of sixteenth century Istanbul, from the Nobel prizewinning authorIn the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror?With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures . . . Orhan Pamuk is one of the world's leading contemporary novelists and in My Name is Red, he fashioned an unforgettable tale of suspense, and an artful meditation on love and deception. Read more