Visual Communications Guide
The following guide provides resources on the topic of Visual Communications including books, databases, journals, search terms and external web links.
Books
Graphic Design
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Graphic Design for Art, Fashion, Film, Architecture, Photography, Product Design & Everything in between 741.6 C772 |
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Reportage Illustration: Visual Journalism 741.65 E533 |
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Layout for Graphic Designers : An Introduction. Third edition 686.2252 A496L |
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Green Graphic Design 741.6D654 |
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Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design 741.0922 C637 |
Illustration
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History of Illustration Edited by Susan Doyle 2018 740.9 H673 |
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The Art of Map Illustration: A Step-by-step Artistic Exploration of Contemporary Cartography and Mapmaking. 526 H234 |
Character Design
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Comic Studies Reader 741.569 H459 |
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Complete Book of Caricature 741.5 S775 |
Advertising
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The Advertising Concept Book: Think Now, Design Later: A Complete Guide to Creative Ideas, Strategies and Campaigns 659.1 B279 |
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Look at this: Contemporary Brochures, Catalogues & Documents 741.6 S533 |
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Advertising by Design: Creating Visual Communications with Graphic Impact 659.1 L253 |
Databases
Art Source
This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design.
ArtStor
The Artstor Digital Library is an image database featuring a range of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository.
Journals
The Design Journal
Design and Culture
VROOM
Eye/Eye Magazine
Ambidextrous
Search Terms
Advertising | Branding (Marketing) | Character Design |
Communication in Design | Computer Animation | Computer Drawing |
Commercial Art | Deformation Order | Graphic Arts |
Graphic Design (typography) | Illustration | Layout (printing) |
Marketing Design | Product Design | Rigging (computer animation) |
Stereotype(Psychology in Advertising | Storytelling | Three-Dimensional Imaging |
Trademarks | Typefaces | Visual Communications |