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From Geography to Color Theory, Page Through a Rare Archive of Centuries-Old Japanese Textbooks

Colossal

Images courtesy of the National Institute for Educational Policy Research Color printing techniques have been used for centuries in Japan, from monochrome prints that were hand-colored to nishiki-e , or “brocade pictures,” in which a number of woodblocks forming separate parts of the image could be printed using different hues.

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15+ Best Graphic Design Books in 2023

Just Creative

Niggli Verlag (Publisher) $54.14 Learn More Latest Price on Amazon: Sale 81 Reviews Design Is a Job Audible Audiobook Mike Monteiro (Author) - Mike Monteiro (Narrator) English (Publication Language) 03/31/2014 (Publication Date) - A Book Apart (Publisher) $12.99 Publisher) $25.00 Buy on Amazon 2. Buy on Amazon 3.

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Meet Tim Jacobus, the Illustrator Whose Campy Goosebumps Covers Defined ’90s Horror

Eye on Design

Jacobus was a career book cover illustrator. No one was really expecting all that much from this particular launch; the publisher said they’d assign a couple covers to Jacobus, but promised they’d give him something else if it didn’t pan out. Tim Jacobus’ first illustration for the Goosebumps series for Welcome to Dead House.

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Graphic Design Books Every Designer Should Read in 2020

Noupe

If you are looking to have a career in this field, you definitely should read this amazing work that was published in 2005, but re-issued in 2012 by Adrian Shaughnessy. Originally an essay that was published in 1947, it became the book we know today in 1970. Interaction of Color by Josef Albers. Image Source. Image Source.

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Reading between the lines: a way of composing UX illustrations

UX Collective

How deconstructing fine art can help you create better UX illustrations. I’ll be the first to say that it’s generous to draw a comparison between fine art and digital illustration. Color Even when working with a design system, your color palette can make or break how effective an illustration is.

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Choosing colors: Red for bad, green for good?

UX Collective

Abstract illustration using shade colors A brief start about color We consume red strawberries and wait for the white ones to mature. Colors give meaning to our context. Colors help us take better decisions. Red pigment Our conscience already developed awareness about colors.

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How the Occult Shaped Branding’s Obsession With Color

Eye on Design

In 1928, The Saturday Evening Post , then the US’s most popular illustrated weekly, heralded “The New Age of Color.” But while the group’s theories petered out, those on the spiritual force of color, written by the movement’s great British proponents Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater in Thought Forms (1901) , have not.

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