[thelist] Visual Design book opinions (and a tip :)
aardvark
roselli at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 18 09:58:47 CST 2004
On 18 Feb 2004 at 9:31, Stephen Rider wrote:
>
> I've found this book: "Constructing Web Graphics for Non-Designers"
> published by glasshaus. Does anyone (ahem... hello, aardvark) have an
> opinion about this? Is it good? Are there any other similar books
> that people recommend on this topic?
well, i think i'm going to be very biased... i think it's a very good
book in general, but for what it sounds like you need, it's probably
a great pick... the chapters isaac wrote are top-notch and you should
learn a lot from them...
Chapter 2: Color, Chapter 4: Visual Elements, and Chapter 5: Layout
are all his chapters, and they alone can act as an effective crash
course in putting together something nice... the other chapters are
more nitty-gritty (image formats, image tools, etc.) for when you've
built your design... and my chapter on typography isn't half bad...
i stand by that book -- i'm very pleased with how it turned out, and
the introduction was written while i was on my fifth espresso of the
morning, so it's just a little 'out there...' and the chapter
dividers are cool, too...
seriously, if you get and don't like it, email me and we'll talk
about taking it off your hands to add to my collection...
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