159 Celtic Designs

Author: Amy L. Lusebrink
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486276880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Over 150 motifs reflecting the eye-catching intricacies of Celtic design, ideal for use in graphics layouts, needlework designs and other art and craft projects. Often incorporating sinuous interlacements of animal, floral and abstract motifs, the designs have been clearly and boldly drawn to provide the clearest possible image for reproduction. The collection includes a variety of interesting shapes and sizes.

Celtic Designs and Motifs

Author: Courtney Davis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486267180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Contains 103 copyright-free Celtic designs and motifs for graphic artists.

Celtic Designs

Author: Dover Publications, Inc
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486999408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Intriguing archive of 96 black-and-white designs features the sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, abstracts, geometrics, and other elements that give Celtic art its unique distinction. Clear, crisp, professionally drawn motifs will lend themselves to a host of art and craft purposes. Included disc contains all designs in book.

Celtic Art

Author: George Bain
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317447
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. Features over 500 illustrations.

Celtic Designs

Author: David JAMES
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Full-Color Celtic Designs

Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486995151
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Add distinctive Celtic designs to stationery, menus, catalog and magazine pages — almost any graphic project — with this handy CD-ROM and book set. 117 striking royalty-free motifs include winged creatures, religious figures, serpentine scrolls, letters of the alphabet incorporating highly stylized designs, plus a variety of frames and borders.

A Handbook of Celtic Ornament

Author: John G. Merne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486419602
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Even the most elaborate Celtic pattern boils down to a few basic motifs (including spirals, swastikas, circles, "s" curves, knots, tau crosses, sun signs, etc.). This lavishly illustrated handbook of over 600 designs offers a key to the intricacies of Celtic decoration, showing how the judicious use of these simple symbols, motifs, or ideographs can be used to develop newer and more ambitious patterns to meet the requirements of modern decorative art. Over 600 black-and-white illus.

Viking Designs

Author: A. G. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486404692
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
This compilation features more than 175 dynamic, royalty-free motifs in a wide range of styles. Derived from the metalwork, woodwork, textiles, carvings, and ceramics of the Viking homelands of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, they include sinuously intertwined patterns, mythological animals, dragon-slaying heroes on horseback, and many other striking images.

The Decorated Letter

Author: Jonathan James Graham Alexander
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
"This book is an anthology of decorated letters to be found in European manuscripts from the fourth to the fifteenth century" -- Introduction.

Dracopedia

Author: William O'Connor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1600613152
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Everything you ever wanted to know about dragons, but were afraid to find out! Fantasy artists can now breathe easier thanks to this less perilous alternative to drawing dragons from life. Dracopedia offers you safe, easy access to the world's most prominent dragon species, from tiny, innocuous feydragons to the ferocious wyvern. For years, artist William O'Connor has traveled the globe, studying dragons in their natural environments. His findings, field notes and sketches have been compiled for the first time into this single, beautifully illustrated compendium--a natural and cultural history of the beasts as well as a step-by-step drawing workshop. • Details of the anatomy, behavior, habitats and legends of 13 major dragon families • Heavily illustrated with field sketches, anatomical studies and gesture drawings • Shows the start-to-finish creation of 13 striking paintings, illustrating key concepts that apply to every medium • Dragon demonstrations include: amphiptere, Arctic dragon, Asian dragon, basilisk, coatyl, dragon, dragonette, drake, feydragon, hydra, sea orc, wyrm, wyvern Dragons have terrorized and delighted humans for centuries--continue the tradition with Dracopedia. It's packed with inspiration for putting "fierce" into your fantasy art, as well as the facts to keep your dragons true to life.