Steampunk Sourcebook (Dover Pictorial Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (710 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486481115 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorMary Carolyn Waldrep has served as Dover's Editor-in-Chief since November 2004. Formerly, she was an editor at Dover Publications, specializing in books on needlework, crafts, fashion, and electronic clip art.
In keeping with the movement's inventive spirit, a gallery of original collages features inspiring examples of the illustrations' potential combinations.This book includes a CD-ROM containing 539 royalty-free images saved in JPEG format.. Originally coined to describe fantasy and science fiction in steam-powered settings, the term "steampunk" has come to identify an aesthetic movement. Its campy redefinition of Victorian style blends elements of technology and romance, and its influence extends from literature and art to music and fashion.This book and CD-ROM compilation offers artists and crafters a wealth of authentic Victorian graphics for creating steampunk imagery. More than 500 illustrations range from dirigibles and sea vessels to corsets and pocket watches
Disappointed. Dover originally created their CD versions in Bitmap, Gif, Tiff AND JPEG files , but this book and the other two like it, are only done in JPEG filesa lazy, useless way to offer clip art. I don't know what happened, but you can no longer group the images like you see done on the cover of this book, because they only offer jpegs, which give you images in a white boxSo misleading. And when I called Dover to find out,the. Nice individual pictures, weird not-steampunk collages Jason Flora There editors/authors did a great job of picking out victorian and industrial pictures that can be used in a steampunk themed design. The DVD that comes with it is very helpful and really beats having to scan and clean up the resulting digitized image. My only complaint is that a lot of pages are given over to what I guess was some sort of contest where images in the collection are used to make full page scenes. The s. Steampunk inspiration starts here DAVID B. RILEY If you're doing any sort of print project like a program, brochure or booklet, this is a great starting point for ideas and even illustrations. The book is chock full of a variety of steampunk and victorian imagry and is available at both high and low resolutions on the accompanying disk. I have not seen anything else out there with this variety and quality of images.
Mary Carolyn Waldrep has served as Dover's Editor-in-Chief since November 2004. Formerly, she was an editor at Dover Publications, specializing in books on needlework, crafts, fashion, and electronic clip art.