Book description
New in Paperback! The book non-designers can count on for creating winning designs Do you want a concise how-to book on graphic design that avoids all the theory and just gets down to the nuts and bolts of getting a project done? Then this book is for you.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
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Section 1, Part 1
- Step 1: Establish Your Mission
- Step 2: Do Some Research
- Step 3: Create a Name
- Step 4: Write a Defining Phrase
- Step 5: Choose a Logo Style
- Step 6: Choose Your Tools
- Step 7: Design a Logo
- Step 8: Choose a Technique
- Step 9: Lay Out a Letterhead
- Step 10: Lay Out a Business Card
- Step 11: Lay Out an Envelope
- Step 12: Find a Printer
- Step 13: Choose Paper
- Step 14: Prepare for the Press
- Step 15: Print and Proof It
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Section 1, Part 2
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How to Use the Recipes
- Style 1: Bleeding Edge
- Style 2: Border
- Style 3: Boxes
- Style 4: Burst
- Style 5: Circles
- Style 6: Comics
- Style 7: Corners
- Style 8: Experimental
- Style 9: Floating Objects
- Style 10: Flowchart
- Style 11: Form
- Style 12: Horizontal Bar
- Style 13: Lines
- Style 14: Opposing Elements
- Style 15: Outlines
- Style 16: Photographs
- Style 17: Products
- Style 18: Rectangles
- Style 19: Scribbles
- Style 20: Shadows
- Style 21: Simplicity
- Style 22: Stack
- Style 23: Transparency
- Style 24: Type
- Style 25: Vertical Bar (1/2)
- Style 25: Vertical Bar (2/2)
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How to Use the Recipes
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Section 2, Part 1
- Step 1: Establish Your Mission
- Step 2: Do Some Research
- Step 3: Create a Plan
- Step 4: Choose a Format
- Step 5: Choose a Newsletter Style
- Step 6: Define the Steps and Stages
- Step 7: Choose Your Tools
- Step 8: Create a Name, a Defining Phrase, and a Nameplate
- Step 9: Compose the Content
- Step 10: Illustrate the Message
- Step 11: Assemble the Pieces
- Step 12: Find a Printer
- Step 13: Prepare, Print, and Proof It
- Step 14: Mail It
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Section 2, Part 2
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How to Use the Recipes
- Style 1: Ad Banner (1/2)
- Style 1: Ad Banner (2/2)
- Style 2: Bulletin (1/2)
- Style 2: Bulletin (2/2)
- Style 3: Elements (1/2)
- Style 3: Elements (2/2)
- Style 4: Icons (1/2)
- Style 4: Icons (2/2)
- Style 5: Jacket (1/2)
- Style 5: Jacket (2/2)
- Style 6: Lines (1/2)
- Style 6: Lines (2/2)
- Style 7: Newspaper (1/2)
- Style 7: Newspaper (2/2)
- Style 8: Objects (1/2)
- Style 8: Objects (2/2)
- Style 9: Postcard (1/2)
- Style 9: Postcard (2/2)
- Style 10: Squared (1/2)
- Style 10: Squared (2/2)
- Style 11: Tabs (1/2)
- Style 11: Tabs (2/2)
- Style 12: Tall (1/2)
- Style 12: Tall (2/2)
- Style 13: Wing (1/2)
- Style 13: Wing (2/2)
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How to Use the Recipes
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Design-it-Yourself Graphic Workshop
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2007
- Publisher(s): Rockport Publishers
- ISBN: 9781616736439
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