Jack Davis wordt breder gevierd als dichter en toneelschrijver dan als verhalenverteller. Zijn literaire bijdragen duiken diep in de menselijke psyche en verkennen thema's als identiteit, verbondenheid en cultureel erfgoed. Hij heeft zijn artistieke bekwaamheid getoond door middel van meerdere poëziebundels en theatrale werken die zowel nationaal als internationaal bij het publiek weerklank vonden. Davis' nalatenschap ligt stevig verankerd in zijn diepgaande vermogen om de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring te vatten en zijn onwrikbare toewijding aan artistieke expressie en gemeenschapszorg.
The second volume of Weird Science features classic stories written by Al Feldstein, and illustrated by such master artists as Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Harvey Kurtzman, and Feldstein himself. This stunning collection reprints issues Weird Science #7–#12, a total of 24 complete breathtaking EC science fiction stories, originally published in 1951 and 1952.
In a combined Windows/Macintosh edition, Wow! staffers provide step-by-step tips on the fundamentals and specific techniques for utilizing Adobe Photoshop 6 visual communication software. With color artwork by contributing artists and photographers, they cover such topics as retouching/enhancing photos, combining images, special effects for type and graphics, and optimizing Web art. Appendices include Wow styles samplers. The companion CD-ROM offers tutorials, before and after image files, custom presets, demos and tryouts, Photoshop 6.0.1 Updater, and a teaching and study guide. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The classic EC comics series, now in an affordably priced deluxe-size trade paperback! More classic horror tales written and illustrated by the all-star line-up of Al Feldstein Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Johnny Craig, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis! Reprinting 24 stories from Tales from the Crypt issues #23–#28, the inspiration for the hit movie and HBO series! Collects Tales from the Crypt issues #23–#28.
This volume collects Two-Fisted Tales #36-41, originally published between January 1954 and March 1955 by I.C. Publishing Co., Inc
A worldwide bestseller! Full color throughout, this book shows exactly how professional artists employ Photoshop 3 to manipulate scanned images and create an astonishing array of special effects. Each chapter deconstructs an actual piece of art, showing step by step how it was created. Most examples were created for real-world commercial uses. There's also a section showing the effect of scores of filters from Adobe, Aldus, HSC, and other vendors. The companion CD contains Photo CD images and a variety of filters and utilities.
Learn creative, practical, timesaving techniques for Web graphics, illustration, photo manipulation, and special effects with The Photoshop 5/5.5 Wow! Book. This updated edition of the award-winning bestseller features real-world examples from artists and designers of the kind of stunning, professional, full-color artwork you want to produce, and provides clear, step-by-step instructions for applying these techniques to your own projects. The Photoshop 5/5.5 Wow! Book covers the new Extract command for difficult-to-select subjects and shows you how to use ImageReady 2 to create rollovers, animated GIFs, and sliced images for speedy, high-quality Web graphics. You'll also learn how to apply Layer Effects and get the most from "live" type. The book thoroughly explains the History palette and how to use it to perform multiple undos, new painting techniques with the Impressionist History and Art History brushes, and fast and flexible image-editing. The CD-ROM contains "before and after" tutorial files for the techniques in the book, with all layers and channels intact, as well as copy-and-paste Wow! Layer Effects, custom Actions, filters, and demos.
Practical instruction and examples from the core of this Photoshop volume and author of "The Photoshop Wow! Book". The everyday creative and production challenges faced by photographers serve as the starting point for each Photoshop lesson.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America
Jack is back with the update to his best-selling, award-winning Photoshop Wow! Book! Readers have hailed previous versions of Jack Davis's landmark book as the "most useful Photoshop book ever" because of its practical, real-life solutions and its value-packed CD-ROM. The The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book simply ups the ante with even more time-saving techniques--completely updated for Adobe Photoshop 7. In the The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book, the focus is on the visuals: Using beautiful, full-color pictures of professionally designed Photoshop projects, this volume clearly lays out the steps required to re-create these spectacular results in your own projects. To work visually, you need to think visually, and this book allows you to do just that. As with all of the titles in this popular series, the emphasis here is on results--how to produce the best work in the fewest steps possible. And sometimes that means using techniques even Adobe hasn?t thought of, such as the Wow! Media Painting and Layer Style techniques introduced here.
