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Drawing and Designing with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide
Drawing and Designing with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide
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Author: Mike W. Lin
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book

List Price: $69.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19038

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.9

ISBN: 0471283908
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.284
EAN: 9780471283904
ASIN: 0471283908

Publication Date: August 2, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Readers of this book learn graphic rendering skills quickly with the proven how-to approach that has made Lin the most successful teacher in the field. His method emphasizes speed, confidence, and relaxation, while incorporating many time-saving tricks of the trade.


Customer Reviews:   Read 6 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars false misleading title   February 16, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

this book has nothing to show for designing principles at all it mostly or complety center itself with the graphical presentation of a theme, more usefull for a first year architectural student that hasnt yet started in the graphical expression portion of his academic pensum but for someone with more than a year of study has little or nothing to contribute.


4 out of 5 stars essential for LA's   October 27, 2007
  2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Mike Lin is considered the master by many on this topic. I refer back to his work many times. I would consider purchasing a supplementary "how-to" book (e.g. Grant Reid's Landscape Graphics) which describes process in a little more detail.

Enjoy.



4 out of 5 stars Learn the technical side of drawing   November 9, 2006
  4 out of 5 found this review helpful

You have to put in some time but this book gives you all the tools you need to draw well. I can already see my progress after a few hours. Highly recommend this book.


2 out of 5 stars Not Good For Beginner Artist   October 29, 2006
  7 out of 11 found this review helpful

The book has alot of great art work and teaches some inetersting points but unless you already an acomplished artist, this book will bore you,over whlem you, and mabe even discourage you.

I didn't feel the confidence the books title said it would give. Mabe I will reread it when I have the confidence in my art work to understand what the book is talking about.

Its not that its a bad book, its just filled with alot of bla bla bla and not enough instruction-



5 out of 5 stars drawing and designing with confidence: a step-by-step guide   September 15, 2005
  15 out of 16 found this review helpful

Although I've been drawing and illustrating for a living for quite some time now, this book served to refresh my memory on things that I have forgotten and teach me some new and quick short cuts. I highly recommend this book for beginners and polished illustrators.