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Pattern Motifs: A Sourcebook

Graham Leslie McCallum

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great book for crafters 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

This book would be great for anyone who likes to applique. The bold pictures are easy to copy. There are many varieties of designs with these chapters: Stone Age Europe, Neolithic Europe, Mesopotamia, Egyptian, Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek, Chinese, Early Celtic, Barbarian, Byzentine, Romanesque, Gothic, Japanese, and Art Deco. I can also see someone who likes to make their own stencils use this book also.

Editorial Review:

Woodworkers, quilters, glass painters, and other artisans will welcome this awe-inspiring collection of motifs. Thousands of choices—all suitable for reducing or enlarging—range from simple interlacings, braidings, and basket weaves to intricate tartan, paisley, art deco, and arabesque patterns. Varied and beautiful, they also take inspiration from a variety of cultures and historical periods, including ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celtic, Gothic, and Chinese, as well as contemporary Islamic, African, Asian, Indian, Native American, and Aboriginal. A special topical index makes it quick and easy to locate a desired mood or difficulty level from all the available designs. Author Graham McCallum’s fine draftsmanship makes this large resource an essential addition to the library of every designer and crafter.

Old-Time Halloween Illustrations CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Carol Belanger Grafton

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vintage halloween 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

i found this book to be exactly what i was looking for. many of the illustrations are found in other books, but you have the added bonus of the included cd. this is perfect clip art to use for mixed media collage and artist trading cards (atc's). with the cd, you can use the images in digital photo applications as well. i'm very happy with this purchase

WOW! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This CD/book combo is fantastic. It contains most of the popular old-time Halloween drawings you see in the books of collectible postcards. I haven't even tried doing anything with the CD yet, the book is presented so beautifully. I have no idea if the pictures can be sized on the computer for different uses, but I would even be willing to play up and down with a copier if I had to.

Editorial Review:

A nostalgic look back at All Hallows Eve, 178 old-fashioned images will lend spellbinding charm to a cauldron-full of Halloween projects! Delight in full-color holiday scenes starring spooky pumpkins, black cats, trick-or-treaters, flying bats, watchful owls, and other illustrations touched with an enchanting, antique air.

Collage Techniques: A Guide for Artists and Illustrators

Gerald Brommer

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A good resourse for the beginning collage artist 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Brommer approaches collage from an fine art point of view. Most other books I have looked at tend more toward the scrapbook and/or kitchy altered art genre. He has an excellent section on art paper preparations and basic design.

Editorial Review:

Rather than a project-driven craft book, Collage Techniques is an exciting presentation of the medium as a fine art. From the famous practitioners (Matisse, Picasso, Hockney) to the many accomplished artists represented throughout the book, the images are stunning, sometimes startling. A thorough coverage of materials, supplies, and basic methods lays the groundwork of the first section; chapters then focus on various types of papers, fibers, photographs, and technologically enhanced imagery that can be incorporated. The second section explores design considerations for various subjects (still lifes, landscapes, human figures, social commentary, abstract imagery, three-dimensional works). There are no step-by-step objects here, but instead an amazing collection of work that utilizes collage by bringing together painting and sculpture and provides colorful, inventive, thought-provoking inspiration for experimenting with the medium.

2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

H. Roessing

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Historical and not useful 3 out of 5 stars.
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.

If you are a craftperson, do not buy this book, though pictoral, it is more historical and you need a magnifying glass to see some of the stencils.

Great Resource for Designers 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This book is chock full of great Victorian design. It has cartouches (ornamental borders), patterns, single filligree elements, and the best part is that they are all royalty free. You will need to scan the elements and clean them up a bit, but this book is a fantastic resource for the "flourish" trend that is going on in graphic design right now.

Highly recommended.

Useful for engraving 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I use these stencils as layouts for gun engraving. While many designs are too small and lack enough detail to be able to reproduce (about 30%) most are of good quality and detail. It's a great value for the price and I strongly recommend it as an indispensible aid for all engravers, wood carvers, and stencil makers.

Editorial Review:

Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, animals, mosaics, landscapes, much more. Invaluable to artists and craftspeople working with textiles, wallpaper and other decorative items.

Decorative Flower and Leaf Designs (Dover Design Library)

Richard Hofmann

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Dover does it again 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Another excellent book from Dover. Unlike many design books, this book has many variations on stylized flower designs.

Just as I thought it would be... 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I am a freelance artist and was looking for a good source of stylized florals/paisleys for some drawings that I wanted to do...this book fits the bill perfectly! The designs are full of detail and the book carries enough variety to supply my needs for a very long time.
With the added use of my own imagination, I can see myself happily referring to it for when ever my needs cross over into this type of theme. The only way to make it better would be to make it hold even more than it already does...
Well done!

Not much to look at 2 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I found that that designd in the book were all very similiar and not much in the way of sparking any creativity. Don't bother with this one since there are much better ones out there. Go with "4000 Flower and Plant Motifs"

Editorial Review:

Attractive selection of illustrations, reprinted from rare late-19th-century German collection of designs for surface decoration, textiles, other uses. Includes 124 stylized representations of lush blossoms, tropical fruits and graceful foliage. Inspirational, royalty-free, low-cost sourcebook for artists and craftworkers.

Art Forms in Nature (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Ernst Haeckel

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Fun book, but better version with CD available 3 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I recommend a different version of this book, also sold on Amazon - link below. I am not sure if it contains the same set of illustrations, but many of the illos are in color, and it includes a CD containing all the pics from the book.

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AWESOME GEOMETRIC FORMS 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.

great book to just stare at. the amazing part is that it's real.

Worth the cost 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Depending on what you are purchasing this book for...my interest was for fiber art work which it fits the bill totally. The drawings from Mr. Haeckel are superb. I only wish they were in color...which you can purchase the more expensive color plate book. But still this is quite worth the money.

Editorial Review:

Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, Ciliata, diatoms, calcareous sponges, Siphonophora, star corals, starfishes, Protozoa, flagellates, brown seaweed, jellyfishes, sea-lilies, moss animals, sea-urchins, glass sponges, leptomedusae, horny corals, trunkfishes, true sea slugs, anthomedusae horseshoe crabs, sea-cucumbers, octopuses, bats, orchids, sea wasps, seahorse, a dragonfish, a frogfish, much more.

Ready-to-Use North American Indian Motifs: 391 Different Permission-Free Designs Printed One Side (Clip Art Series)

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Tribal ID Helps 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.

As a descendant of the Native American Choctaw tribe, I was VERY pleased with this book. The illustrations are clear and precisely drawn. The reader receives a lot of inspiration for Native American art and designs. However, of far more value to the reader, the author identifies the designs with various tribes. Naturally, I was particularly pleased to find the highly modernistic looking designs of the Choctaws. I strongly recommend this book to any students of Native Americans or students of art.

Robert J. Deffeyes

Great 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I bought this for my son who loves drawing and he really has enjoyed it. The illustrations are great and theres good information along with the illustartions.

Good Indian designs. 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I was expecting full size patterns. However there are good
patterns, but will have to be enlarged to use them.

Editorial Review:

Rich selection of authentic Indian motifs adapted from art and artifacts of Indians of the Southwest, the Plains, and the Northwest, as well as Maya and Aztecs. Easily reproducible designs add Native American flair to posters, newsletters, brochures, many other projects.

Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc. (Dover Pictorial Archives)

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Very Nice 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is just packed full of brilliant illustrations of birds frogs fish girafee spiders butterflies you name it , throughly recommended for any one who loves botanical illustrations or engravings , really good source material for artists or designers.very nice book but rember it is a paper back not that that matters to me.

Well worth it. 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Used several of these drawings in projects. Books like this are great for those of us designers who aren't the best freehand drawers.

Enjoyed the broad range of life illustrated for this volume 4 out of 5 stars.
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Wow - the enormous numbers of animal life is astounding and the book clearly shows this. Unfortunately the images are quite dark and the book is very thick (you get your money's worth - image-wise), so scanning them for use in various artistic media is difficult. Therefore, I bought two of the books and plan to cut one of them up (that hurts to say for I treasure books of all types). This way I can control the scanning and modification using software to bring out details and highlight an image to my satisfaction. And finally, the classic images are impressive and I applaud the author for his selection of animals from all realms of life on earth.

Editorial Review:

Clear wood engravings present, in extremely lifelike poses, over 1,000 species of animals.

Trees and Leaves CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Good clipart for cards 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I got a copy of this book/CD to have images for our wedding invitations and envelopes. I was more interested in leaves than trees and I think the book is stronger on trees, but there are many nice examples of both. The CD provides images in many formats and sizes (for print vs. web applications) and it worked out great. As usual Dover is pretty much the only company with anything like this and it's reasonably priced.

Editorial Review:

Finely detailed images depict hundreds of plant species from around the world — from maples, oaks, sequoias, and pines, to firs, palms, dogwoods, and various fruit trees. Artists and designers will find these attractive illustrations useful for floral borders, centerpieces, and allover patterns. 399 black-and-white illustrations.

Celtic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Dover

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The Celts have given us so much;especially in the Arts. 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a wonderful addition to any collection of Celtic Art.It is a book of Celtic Design motifs with an accompaning CD-ROM. There are 223 designs in the book and on the disc.It is a Clip Art book and gives permission for freedom of use.The designs are presented on 48, 8 1/2" X 11" pages;and all are B&W.The sizes vary from about 2"X 2" to about 5" X 6".All the designs are very simple when compared to the great complexity that is usually found in any book of Celtic motifs.They are all line drawings as represented in the photograph on the cover which,by the way, indicates the complexity found in the collection.
In the collection you will find borders,elaborate spirals,weaves,birds,beasts,mermaids,knots wreaths and all sorts of fanciful creatures.However,unlike many books on Celtic Art ,there are no Alphabets. Like I said,the motifs are simple,but a great book to get started with using or understanding this art form.
Also there is absolutely no text in the book,no instructions on how to construct this artwork and no history or background whatsoever on this art.
Therefore don't expect from this book anything but what it is;a Clip Art book and CD-ROM of 223 motifs.If you are looking for more,there are many other books available such as those excellent ones by George Bain.

Editorial Review:

More than 200 authentic Celtic motifs, ideal for myriad uses, include elaborate spirals and weaves, exotic birds, horned beasts, mermaids, and other fanciful creatures. This outstanding collection of distinctive designs features a rich and diverse variety of patterns, which can be used as borders or individually.