Pre-Owned Big Book of Graphic Designs and Devices (Paperback) 0486262618 9780486262611

This indispensable treasury of royalty-free graphic designs contains over 1 200 finely drawn illustrations in 21 basic subject categories. Whatever motif or device you need for a graphic project chances are you ll find just the right spot in these pages. Choose from these categories: Floral motifs Fleurs-de-lys Crosses Snowflakes Ships Anchors Butterflies Lions Griffins Nymphs Crowns Compasses Suns Decorative motifs Decorative Frames and Borders Squares Ellipses Playing card suit symbols Rectangles Decorative patterns Circles. Each category presents a wide variety of variations on the basic theme. For instance ships includes a Viking vessel galleons clippers schooners and many other ships. Among the Suns are solar shapes with slightly scalloped edges as well as elaborately embellished discs while Butterflies presents a delightful array of delicate and elegant forms. In addition to the almost mind-boggling variety of individual designs graphic artists will find inspiration and ideas in a special section of graphics created by combining a number of basic elements shown throughout the book. This versatility along with breadth of selection and the careful accurate rendering of each motif makes this volume a valuable resource you ll turn to again and again for just the right pictorial or decorative touch. Dover (1990) republication of the edition originally titled Etcetera published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company New York 1980.