2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Where to look for inspiration when the muse decided to take another unplanned day off? Freelance artists and painstakingly working designers are asking this question too often. To save you from the torment of the creative crisis, we decided to prepare a selection of books that will take pride of place in your library. From them you will learn about the experience of professionals and find inspiring examples.
All the books included in the selection were read by the authors of Lifehacker themselves and actively shared their impressions in the form of reviews, which you can read by clicking on the title of the book.
creative kick for any person
The book is an experiment by the certified designer and illustrator Natalie Ratkowski. Natalie decided to prove that waiting for inspiration is just as useless as waiting for the weather by the sea, and therefore you need not just clap your eyes, but do the deed.
The experiment is called "365": every day the author of the book "Draw every day" decided to create one small picture. In addition to such an unusual and difficult experiment, the book is also interesting with advice that Natalie shares with creative people.
about the person who changed the way we work, have fun and communicate with each other
Every person, even the most talented, very rarely gets everything on a silver platter. The path to success is never easy, and every person who has succeeded in his professional activity has long and stubbornly walked towards it. In this book, you can learn about the life and work of the legendary designer Jony Ive. And in the book review, you will also find cool infographics.
an antidote to the fear of the white sheet
Another book by Natalie Ratkowski. This time the author shares his experience of creating his own artbook. To make such a creative notebook will be useful and interesting for both novice artists and professional designers who are tired of "custom-made creativity" and want to create for the soul.
From the book, you will learn about the different types of artbooks and can choose the one that suits you.
a guide to writing important ideas on paper
Having slightly altered the well-known proverb, we can say that a real artist is an artist in everything. Why keep monotonous text notes when they can be replaced with visual, cool and convenient sketches? Remember, what cannot be expressed in words can be drawn. In his book, Mike Rhodey shares a variety of sketching techniques and techniques. By the way, the book itself is one big sketch.
a handbook for infographic and presentation professionals
Let's be honest: designers often have to not only draw cute animals, but also create graphs and diagrams for serious presentations. Sometimes presentations are so drawn-out that visual content is the only way to diversify them and keep listeners from going crazy with boredom.
Nathan Yau's book can be studied cover to cover, or you can use it as a textbook and refer only to those sections that will help solve your current visual problems.
learning to sell ideas using visual images
Visual thinking means taking advantage of a person's natural ability to see - not only through the eyes, but also mentally, allowing you to discover ideas that would otherwise go unnoticed; develop them quickly and intuitively, and then convey them to other people in such a way that others quickly understand and accept them - that is, popularize.
Dan Roham
The book will be useful not only for designers and artists who want to develop their visual thinking, but also for leaders and managers of organizations - they will learn to visualize problems and solutions, thereby making them more understandable for their colleagues.
how to develop a design capable of touching emotions
A must-read book for every web designer. And then the web designer should give this book to the boss, sales managers, public relations specialists - in a word, to all people in the company who are not directly related to design work, but are trying to understand what "all these designers want" …
boring time management techniques
Jana Frank, a renowned artist and designer, shares her book with tips to help creative people organize their work.
After thinking about everything, I came to the conclusion that chaos does not contain anything convenient and inspiring and has nothing to do with freedom.
Yana Frank
Recommended for reading by everyone whose mess in creative everyday life has reached its climax.
10 ways to become bold and famous
I wonder how many talented guys were ruined by simple shyness? How many wonderful works have not seen the light only because their creators preferred to create "on the table"?
Austin Cleon shares 10 ways you can openly and boldly show the fruits of your efforts to the world.
will teach you how to create without waiting for inspiration
Another book by Yana Frank, which will help you believe in yourself and turn your favorite hobby into a work of life. In the book, Yana examines in detail the problems that interfere with creativity, and tells how to deal with them.
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