Jessica Glaser

This has been sitting on the TBR for a few years now. I’ve been off work for a couple of weeks now, however, and wanted to keep myself doing creative design work, and this seemed like the best time to pick this book up.

This book is split up into five sections; each section is dedicated to a different genre, complete with description about said genre, tips and tricks of what you may need to know, a glossary of terms, additional books you may want to read, and at least 3 practice projects to show more help you get familiar with the genre. What I found to be extremely helpful about this book is that it walks you through each project – it even tells you how you should begin researching each project, and gives some examples of similar work.

What I really didn’t like about this book was it spoke time an again about how important it is to print out your finished projects and create a mockup of it to photograph for your portfolio, while often this book itself used computer mockups of 3D objects as examples of projects. It seemed a little “do as I say, not as I do.”

This wouldn’t be a bad addition to a new graphic designer’s library. Some of it, however, I found was a little dated – especially the chapter on screen-based design. That topic, however, is difficult to cover as the technology is always changing so very quickly. SO quickly. The principals were there, but the technologies discussed weren’t necessarily what I would recommend using.

The Bottom Line
This has been a good refresher on how to research new projects, and the process that is best taken when developing good design. I’d recommend this to people just starting in the graphic design industry. show less

shelved at: (A3t) : Drawing / Graphics

shelved at: (A3t) : Drawing / Graphics