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A walk-through on InDesign master pages

If you are designing something - laying out a page and you are wondering how the page would look with text but you don't want to plug in the contents of your secret diary - this is a way to get that text...

A great guide for developing brochures. You can plug in dimensions for any size paper and get the right guides for developing pages in InDesign.

Artist's blog that I've been watching for a little over a year now. His digital stuff blew me away initially, but I prefer his pencilwork now, after seeing pages of his sketchbook

Artist's blog that I've been watching for a little over a year now. His stuff is fresh.

Moleskines are vrry expensive, Mr. Craig, considering what you get for the money.

Rae's Deviantart page... full of good things, a few great things, and a lot of things that make me slam my head against the wall.

From the site: "An English curate and the author of several books on religious subjects, Edward Topsell is best remembered for The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes and The Historie of Serpents. Born in 1572, Topsell attended Cambridge before becoming a clergyman in the Church of England. He published The Reward of Religion in 1596, and Time's Lamentation in 1599. In 1604 Topsell became curate of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, a position he held until his death. In 1607, Topsell published his magnificent illustrated work Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast. The book was closely based on the Historiae Animalium of Swiss author Conrad Gesner. In 1608 he followed it with The Historie of Serpents; Or the Second Booke of Living Creatures, which also drew on Gesner's Historiae. The woodcuts for both of Topsell's books came directly from Gesner's pages. Topsell authored one more religious work in 1610 called The Householder. He served as vicar and chaplain in various areas of England until his death in about 1638."

Etruscan bronze statue of the Chimera of Arezzo, with explanatory text on the statue and myth. If you click on "digital images of the Chimaera" you'll go to another page with a lot of detail images of the statue.

Images of each page from the Voynich Manuscript - an anonymously written, indecipherable book from the 15th or 16th century.

There is a downloadable PDF biography of the artists here as well as several images of their work including sculptures and prints. The images are not great. Most of their work is highly detailed and intricate - difficult to convey over the internet.

Sketch for a miniature painting of a charging elephant. Shows planning and stages, importance of sketching.

Analytical student drawiing

A student drawing where flatness is emphasized. Design, organization is of primary concern.

A student drawing that concentrates on design more than description. Shape, form is primary. Rhythm. Organization.

Example of an analytical drawing from a student. Note heavy use of line in place of shadow. Line is heavily worked - not singular or necessarily definitive. The shape is worked towards methodically and appears even appears transparent.

Searchable library of images from the Appalachia region. Architecture, pottery, photography, craft, etc.

Browse all Arts Titles is located on the very bottom of the page. This site also has tons of Appalachian music to download in MP3 format.