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Textbook Assignments
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VCOM 101
Graphic Design Referenced
Vit, Gomez-Palacio 978-1592537426
VCOM 120
978-1592537242
One Drawing a Day
Veronica Lawlor
978-0399508066
Drawing Scenery: Landscapes & Seascapes
Hamm
Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Guide
Montague
978-1118134146
Drawing from Observation: Intro to Perceptual
VCOM 121
Curtis
978-0077356279
Drawing, 2 ed.
978-0756651411
Sketchbook for the Artist
Simblet
Art & Representation: New Principles in the
978-0691087375
Willatts
Analysis of Pictures
978-0520243835
Art & Visual Perception
Arnheim
978-0891348689
Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil
Hilberry
VCOM 151
978-0321534040
Non-Designer's Design Book, The (3rd Edition)
Williams
VCOM 154
978-1856698788
Color: A Workshop Approach, 2ed.
Hornung
978-1402766787
Bridgeman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life Bridgman
978-0399507915
Drawing the Head and Figure
Hamm
978-0615272818
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
Hampton
978-1560100843
Cartoon Animation
Blair
VCOM 220
978-0857680983
Figure Drawing for All Its Worth
Loomis
978-1418019549
Exploring Drawing for Animation
Hedgepath
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, 2nd
978-0240808451
Mattesi
Edition
Life Drawing: How to Portray the Figure with
978-1581809794
Barrett
Accuracy and Expression
978-1401826215
Exploring Illustration
Fleischman
978-0060976255
Understanding Comics
McCloud
978-1418052256
Drawing Inspiration
Fleischman
VCOM 222
978-0786882854
Zorro Unmasked: the Official History
Curtis
978-1118277553
Where Am I Wearing?
Timmerman
Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting
978-0312215000
Danesi
Things: An Introduction to Semiotics
Type Form & Function: A Handbook on the
VCOM 258
978-1592536740
Tselentis
Fundamentals of Typography
978-1568989792
Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming
Lupton
$39 student rate - see Chad
Subscription to Communication Arts
VCOM 259
Stop, Think, Go, Do: How Typography and Graphic
978-1592537662
Heller, Ilic
Design Influence Behavior
978-0321822185
VQG: Photoshop CS6 for Win/Mac
Weinmann…
VCOM 261
978-0321822178
VQG: Illustrator CS6 for Win/Mac
Weinmann…
978-0321822536
VQG: InDesign CS6 for Win/Mac
Cohen
VCOM 262
978-1118008188
HTML5 and CSS: Design and Build Websites
Duckett
VCOM 301
978-1-556439704
The Body in Motion: Its Evolution and Design
Theodore Dimon
Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist’s Guide to
978-0823024155
Valerie Winslow
Form
Visualizing Muscles
John Cody & D Riffel 978-0700604265
VCOM 320
978-3833157363
Anatomy Drawing School – Animal
András Szunyoghy
978-0736092265
Strength Training Anatomy
Frédéric Delavier
978-0615272818
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
Hampton
978-0195052060
Human Anatomy for Artists: Elements of Form
Eliot Goldfinger
978-0195142143
Animal Anatomy for Artists: Elements of Form
Eliot Goldfinger
978-0789480453
Anatomy for the Artist
Sarah Simblet
978-1401827151
Exploring Storyboarding
Tumminello
VCOM 322
978-0060780944
Making Comics
Scott McCloud
978-0240808208
Prepare to Board
Bieman
Art School: A Complete Painters Course
Monahan
978-0600601463
978-0740785504
Imaginative Realism
Gurney
978-0823051052
Greg & Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkein Years
Hildebrandt
978-0740797712
Color & Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
Gurney
VCOM 323
Fantasy Art Masters: The Best Fantasy and Sci-Fi Jude
A Handbook of Costume Drawing, Second Edition:
Baker
A Guide to Drawing
Pringle
Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide
VCOM325
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Acrylics: The Watercolor Alternative
Harrington
978-1581805864
Head, Features & Faces
Drawing the Head and Figure
The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head
The Human Face
Bridgman, George
Hamm, Jack
Maughan, William
Cleese, John & Bates
978-0486227085
978-0399507915
978-0823003594
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VCOM class sections
Textbook Assignments
VCOM325
Redman, Lenn
978-0809256853
How to Draw Caricatures
(cont'd)
Galton, Jeremy
978-0855329600
The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques
West, Shearer
978-0192842589
Portraiture (Oxford History of Art)
Tony Seddon & Jane Waterhouse
978-0811868310
Graphic Design for Non Designers
Golombisky & Hagen 978-0240812816
White Space is not Your Enemy
VCOM 354
978-0321441768
Robin Williams Design Workshop, 2ed.
Williams
VCOM 355
Carter, Day, Meggs 978-0470648216
Typographic Design: Form and Communication
VCOM 358
978-1581804362
Logo, Font & Lettering Bible
Cabarga
HTML5 and CSS3: Develop with Tomorrow's
VCOM 362
978-1934356685
Hogan
Standards Today
VCOM 363
978-0735711716
Pause & Effect; Art of Interactive…
Meadows
VCOM 374
978-0470168738
Meggs' History of Graphic Design 5ed.
Meggs, Purvis
Johansson,
VCOM 388
978-0471761389
Guide to Graphic Print Production
Lundberg& Ryberg
VCOM 401
978-1593074050
The Art of Comic Book Inking
Gary Martin
978-0399508035
Cartooning the Head and Figure
Jack Hamm
978-0060976255
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud
VCOM 420
978-1932792928
Heroes and Villains
Mike Alsford
Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of
Christopher Knowles 978-1578634064
Comic Book Heroes
Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and
978-0788155871
Maria Reidelbach
Magazin
978-0231130660
Drawn to Extremes
Chris Lamb
Stan Lee & John
978-0671530778
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
Buscema
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for
978-0764127175
Salisbury
Publication
Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate
978-0823059355
Shulevitz
Children’s Books
How to Write and Illustrate Children’s Books and
978-1582970134
Bicknell
Get Them Published
Children's Picturebooks; the Art of Visual
VCOM 423
978-1856697385
Salisbury, Styles
Storytelling
Illustrating Children's Picture Books: Tutorials,
978-1582976204
Withrow, Withrow
Case Studies, Know-How, Inspiration
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and
978-0307739636
Bettelheim
Importance of Fairy Tales
Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture
978-0691000886
Tatar
of Childhood
978-0226473017
Fairy Tales as Myth: Myth as Fairy Tale
Zipes
Children's Literature: A Reader's History from
978-0226473017
Lerer
Aesop to Harry Potter
978-1582975870
Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market
Pope
978-1596431317
Drawing Words, Writing Pictures
Abel & Madden
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics,
978-0060780944
Scott McCloud
Manga, Graphic Novels
VCOM 424
978-0060976255
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud
Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
978-0393331271
Eisner
Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and
Eisner
Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist
978-0393331264
Alan Moore's Writing For Comics Volume 1
978-1592910120
Moore
978-1401827151
Exploring Storyboarding
Tumminello
978-0240808208
Prepare to Board
Bieman
Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and
978-0240810768
Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action &
Glebas
Animation
978-0060953508
Reinventing Comics
McCloud
Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image
Casey, Michael
978-0307279309
The Design of Dissent: Socially & Politically Driven Glaser, Milton &
978-1592533077
Graphics
Mirko Ilic
Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became
VCOM 425
Heath, Joseph
978-0060745868
Consumer Culture
Visual Persuasion: The Role of Images in
Messaris, Paul
978-0803972469
Advertising
Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use & Abuse of Pratkanis, Anthony &
978-0805074031
Persuasion
Elliot Aronson
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
Rivoli, Pietra
978-0470287163
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VCOM class sections
VCOM427
VCOM 453
VCOM 455
VCOM 462
VCOM 463
VCOM 486
Textbook Assignments
14F
Inside the Business of Illustraiton
Heller & Arisman
978-1581153866
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Education of an Illustrator
Legal Guide for the Visual Artist
Adobe Photoshop CS6: Class-in-a-book
Adobe Illustrator CS6: Class-in-a-book
Digital Painting Techniques: Practically
Creative Photoshop CS4: Digital Illustration and
Designing Brand Identity, 4 ed.
Basic Packaging Design (Structural Package
Design)
Advanced Pakaging (Structural Package Design)
Fancy Packaging (Structural Package Design)
Designing for Small Screens
Pause & Effect; Art of Interactive…
The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and
Creative Thought, 10ed.
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and
Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability,
Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make
Better Design Decisions, and Teach through
Design
Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to
Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative
Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions
Prentice Hall Reference Guide, 8ed.
Subscription to Communication Arts
Heller & Arisman
Crawford
Adobe
Adobe
3D Total
Lea
Wheeler
978-1581150759
978-1581157420
978-0321827333
978-0321822482
978-0240521749
978-0240521343
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Pepin Press
978-9057681431
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Pepin Press
Pepin Press
Studio 7.5
Meadows
978-9057681448
978-9057681462
978-2940373079
978-0735711716
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Ruggerio
978-0205119387
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Lidwell, Holden,
Butler
978-1592535873
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Hanington, Martin
978-1592537563
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Harris, Kunka
978-0205782314
$39 student rate - see Chad
VCOM 501
VCOM 578
Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For
Perkins
Designers, 2 ed.
How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your
Shaughnessey
Soul, 2 ed.
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