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Sketching User Experiences
Getting the Design Right and the Right Design
by Bill Buxton
Bill Buxton and I share a common belief that design leadership together with technical leadership drives innovation. Sketching, prototyping, and design are essential parts of the process we use to create new products. Bill Buxton brings design leadership and creativity to Microsoft. Through his thought-provoking personal examples he is inspiring others to better understand the role of design in their own... (more)
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An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration From The Private Sketchbooks Of Artists, Illustrators And Designers
by Danny Gregory
An Illustrated Life offers a sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the world through the pages of their personal visual journals. Popular visual journalist and author Danny Gregory reveals how and why keeping a consistent, visual journal leads to a more fulfilling creative life. Designers and artists working in all mediums will find creative... (more)
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Draw 50 Horses (Draw 50)
by Lee J. Ames
Arabians, Pintos, Morgans and Clydesdales: jumping, bucking, rearing, grazing and kicking -- all are in this collection of 50 drawings.
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Pencil Sketching, 2nd Edition
by Thomas C. Wang
The bestselling classic updated and revised for a new generation Portable, inexpensive, extremely versatile, and deceptively simple in design, the pencil, in the trained hand, gives rise to a veritably limitless array of strokes, contours, tones, and textures. For a quarter century, artists, architects, designers, and dabblers in the graphic arts have turned to Thomas Wang’s bestselling classic (100,000... (more)
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Understanding Comics
The Invisible Art
by Scott McCloud
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
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Everyday Matters
by Danny Gregory
In the tradition of Persepolis , In the Shadow of No Towers , and Our Cancer Year , an illustrated memoir of remarkable depth, power, and beauty Danny Gregory and his wife, Patti, hadn’t been married long. Their baby, Jack, was ten months old; life was pretty swell. And then Patti fell under a subway train and was paralyzed from the waist down. In a world where nothing seemed to have much meaning,... (more)
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Fashion Sketchbook
by Bina Abling
"Fashion Sketchbook", now in a new edition, is the leading authority on sketching the fashion figure, fabric shapes and garment details. Ablings directions are easy to follow and detailed, using minimum narrative and numerous diagrams. Fashion Sketchbook explains step-by-step how to draw women, men, and children; pose the figure; develop the fashion head and face; sketch accessories; include garment details; and... (more)
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Diary of an Early American Boy
Noah Blake 1805
by Eric Sloane, Noah Blake
This reprint of an actual early-19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a 15-year-old's brief, concise notebook and Sloane's 72 drawings and explanatory narrative. "An extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . will delight readers of all ages." — History in Review.
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Drawing for Designers
by Alan Pipes
There is a dearth of books covering drawing and product design. Drawing for Designers fills this gap, offering a comprehensive guide to drawing for product/ industrial designers and students. As well as industrial product design, the book encompasses automotive design and the design of other 3D artefacts such as jewelry and furniture. Covering both manual and computer drawing methods, the book follows the... (more)
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Sketching: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers
by Koos Eissen, Roselien Steur
Sketching is an incredibly broad and practical survey of sketching techniques for product designers. It goes without saying that the book is suited for the classroom, but every design studio will also find this manual an asset, because in spite of the ascendancy of the computer, hand-drawn sketches are still a very much used.
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Field Notes on Science and Nature
by Michael R. Canfield
Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop? Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, Field... (more)
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Street Sketchbook 01
by Tristan Manco
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Sketchbook: Conceptual Drawings from the World's Most Influential Designers
by Timothy O'Donnell
This book explores influential designers’ sketchbooks as a truer reflection of a designer’s thought processes, preoccupations, and problem-solving strategies than can be had by simply viewing finished projects. Highly personal and idiosyncratic, sketchbooks offer an arena for unstructured exploration, a space free from all budgetary and client constraints. Visually arresting objects in their own right, this book... (more)
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One Drawing A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity with Illustration and Mixed Media
by Veronica Lawlor
Through 46 daily exercises which make up a complete 6-week course, you will keep your artistic skills sharp and your imaginations fertile by doing One Drawing A Day . Each spread in the book features a beautiful drawing by one of 8 professional illustrators, with a description and comments by the illustrator as well as a companion exercise. Each exercise includes suggestions for various mediums or mixed-media... (more)
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The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing On Location Around The World
by Gabriel Campanario
The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With... (more)
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Drawing Birds [Illustrated] 2nd (second) edition Text Only
by John Busby
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How To Draw Everything: The Book That Proves Anyone Can Be An Artist
by Barrington Barber
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Visual Reference for Comic Artists Vol. 2 (Visual Reference for Comic Artists, 2)
by Buddy Scalera
600+ ALL NEW Pictures of people, places and things to help comic artists, illustrators, fine artists, animators, and more. Great locations, excellent action, and fantastic models. Replaces old, dusty photo reference books, posefiles, and morgue files.
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Drawings and Watercolors
by Egon Schiele
Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele produced a prolific body of work before his early death at the age of twenty-eight in 1918. The oeuvre is comprised of a few hundred oil paintings and thousands of drawings and watercolors. Schiele's oils have often been reproduced and are well recognized. However, limited access to the fragile works on paper and dispersion among several collections have made for an... (more)
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How to Draw Magical Creatures and Mythical Beasts
by Mark Bergin
The "How To Draw" series takes a highly visual and practical approach to drawing. This title helps you learn how to draw assorted creatures from stories and fables. In it, each subject includes background information relating to the mythology surrounding it. It features ten step-by-step instructions for each art project. Duotone line illustrations make each step easy. The title includes background information on... (more)

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