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This cutting edge DVD set provides valuable insight into the minds and work of leading young designers. Each DVD includes two key segments – documentary-style interviews following successful design projects from concept through execution and visually-rich tutorials allowing user the opportunity to put the same tools and concepts to work, creating exemplary pieces for their design portfolio…. More >>
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For designers, non-designers, and desktop publishers. Fine typography is timeless; typesetting technology may change, but there is only so much a good computer program can do. Using type creatively has more to do with aesthetics and common sense than it does with how the type is set, who sets it, or how much it costs. For guidance we can no longer look to the professional typographer for help; we are now the typographers.
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If you’re interested in any element of the visual arts, including graphic design, painting, photography, illustration or sculpture, then an art school may be exactly what you’re looking for. They offer courses that are specifically designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in your chosen field of art. Generally art schools don’t have as much focus on extra subjects, such as science or math, whereas larger institutions generally include those subjects in the degrees they offer. An accredited art school or college, however, is still able to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
To be accepted into art school, there are some criteria you will generally need to meet. The admissions committee is looking for applicants with the following attributes:
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