Over the course of the last several years, the DIY market has exploded spawning magazines, books, movies and fueling the growth of the online, handmade marketplace. In Robin Williams Handmade Design Workshop: Create Handmade Elements for Digital Designs, best-selling author Robin Williams and Carmen Sheldon take designers away from their computers and show them, step-by-step, how to use traditional artist's tools to create handmade elements for their digital artwork. The authors provide a wealth of new ideas to jump-start creativity and get graphic designers thinking in new ways. Each how-to is illustrated with tons of photos to show how to use paints, inks, textures, modeling pastes, and more to create handmade materials that can then be scanned in and used to create one-of-a-kind print projects or web sites. Examples of finished projects and Web sites are featured throughout the book to provide both instruction and inspiration for designers to use in their own projects.
Author(s): Robin Williams, Carmen Sheldon
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 241
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 8
Why this book?......Page 9
Materials......Page 12
1 Surfaces on which to Create......Page 13
2 Stuff to Put on your Surfaces......Page 17
3 Transfer an Image to a Surface......Page 21
4 Heat, Cut, Score, Perforate......Page 23
5 Adhesives—Glue it Down......Page 27
Texture your Surface......Page 32
6 Crackle the Surface......Page 35
7 Texturize with Modeling Paste......Page 39
8 Create a Patina......Page 43
9 Peel the Paint......Page 47
10 Rub and Rag the Paint......Page 51
11 Stamp Textures with Alcohol Inks......Page 57
12 Texturize with Absorbent Ground and Washi Paper......Page 61
13 Make Textures with Monoprints......Page 67
14 Make Textures with Bubbles......Page 71
Combine Techniques!......Page 73
Paint Textures......Page 74
15 Salt the Paint......Page 77
16 Blow the Paint......Page 79
17 Spray the Paint......Page 81
18 Pour the Paint......Page 83
19 Scratch the Paint......Page 87
20 Sponge the Paint......Page 91
21 Splatter the Paint......Page 95
22 Paint with Resist......Page 99
23 Stamp-Resist into the Paint......Page 103
24 Bleach the Paint......Page 107
25 Tape and Paint......Page 111
26 Plastic Wrap and Paint......Page 113
27 Paper Towels and Paint......Page 115
Combine Techniques!......Page 117
Paper & Metal Projects......Page 118
28 Marble the Paper......Page 121
29 Collage with Paper......Page 125
30 Collage with Metal......Page 135
31 Make your own Paper......Page 141
32 Cast Paper 3D Images......Page 151
33 Blind-Emboss the Paper......Page 157
34 Gold-Stamp the Paper......Page 161
35 Metal-Leaf an Image......Page 163
36 Emboss with Powders......Page 165
Combine Techniques!......Page 169
Illustrative Techniques......Page 170
37 Scratch into Scratchboard......Page 173
38 Illustrate with Found-Object Art......Page 179
39 Illustrate with Clay......Page 187
40 Illustrate with Collage......Page 197
41 How to Draw if you can’t Draw......Page 199
Printing & Transfers......Page 206
42 Roller Printing......Page 209
43 Stamp Printing......Page 211
44 Printmaking......Page 215
With Rubber Carving Blocks......Page 217
With Linoleum Blocks......Page 221
With Wood Blocks......Page 223
With Found Objects......Page 225
45 Transfer Images......Page 227
Transfer to Polymer Backing......Page 228
Transfer Directly to Substrate......Page 229
Transfer with Lazertran......Page 231
Transfer with Packing Tape......Page 232
Appendix: Resources......Page 233
C......Page 234
H......Page 235
M......Page 236
P......Page 237
T......Page 238
Z......Page 239
