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In A Book About Design, Mark Gonyea taught us why a complicated design does not necessarily mean a good design. Now he’s back in super-heroic form to demonstrate that the beauty of "complicated" can be found in its underlying simplicity.

Mesmerizing to look at and easy to understand, this book breaks down more design concepts and lets you see through the eyes of a graphic designer.

Budding artists young and old will find Mark Gonyea’s explanations helpful and informative.
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Overview

In A Book About Design, Mark Gonyea taught us why a complicated design does not necessarily mean a good design. Now he’s back in super-heroic form to demonstrate that the beauty of "complicated" can be found in its underlying simplicity.

Mesmerizing to look at and easy to understand, this book breaks down more design concepts and lets you see through the eyes of a graphic designer.

Budding artists young and old will find Mark Gonyea’s explanations helpful and informative.

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Gr 1-5
This lively volume is just as successful as the author's A Book about Design: Complicated Doesn't Make It Good (Holt, 2005). Once again, Gonyea presents a deceptively simple introduction that effectively combines concise text and dramatic visuals to illuminate some of the basic principles of graphic design. Catchy chapter titles ("Don't Stand So Close to Me") and a vibrant palette of blues, reds, and yellows make the title appealing and entertaining. Artistic concepts such as foreground and background, positive and negative space, unity, and complexity are explained in terms that children can easily understand. The culminating chapter employs each principle, step by step, to show how an artist creates a finished picture-the eye-catching superhero featured on the cover. Youngsters will gain a deeper understanding of just what goes into a scene in a comic strip or graphic novel, and may be inspired to create their own graphic designs. A welcome addition.
—Robin L. GibsonCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780805075762
  • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
  • Publication date: 8/28/2007
  • Pages: 160
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 340L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 8.37 (w) x 8.35 (h) x 0.73 (d)

Meet the Author

MARK GONYEA is the author of A Book About Design: Complicated Doesn't Make It Good.He honed his skills at the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art before working briefly as a designer in Manhattan and then settling down in Vermont.

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