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Your True Academic Design Series

Hands-on tutorials with a project orientation designed to provide a thorough

knowledge and understanding of graphic design

Features:

•    Extensive End-of-Chapter Exercises include three levels of reinforcement exercises that emphasize hands-on skill development.

•    Portfolio Builder exercises at the end of every chapter require creative problem solving and the application of learned skills. The completed projects can be combined into a portfolio that will impress at job interviews.

•    Integrating Projects are designed to reflect real-world graphic design work, drawing on skills learned throughout the text.

•    Careers in Design feature offers advice, tips, and resources that will help you on your path to a successful career.

•    Full color format throughout!

www.prenhall.com/essentials

Your online resource for mastering graphic design

• Interactive Study Guide
• Data Project Files
• Online Exercises and Additional Projects
• Recent IT Articles
• Student Career Center
• . . . and much, much more!

 

About The Author

Dean Bagley has been writing instructional books for the computer for a number of years. He received his degrees in Speech, English, and Education from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Upon graduation he spent several years teaching English and Speech in secondary schools in California and Florida.

Dean has been in the Arts most of his life as a graphic artist and designer, spending ten years working as Head of Advertising for his father in their family business. It was during these years that he won both an ADDY Award and a first place award from the Florida Print Industry for the package and catalog design.

Entering the computer world in 1985, he soon found himself closely tied with the Internet where he creates Web sites, animations and images for use on the Web using Macromedia Flash.