Books You Need

If you are in this for the long haul.

Buy these books.

We’ll if you are in this for the long haul and either aren’t going to college or aren’t in college yet. Regardless, I’d get them anyways.

http://www.youworkforthem.com/product.php?sku=P0551

http://www.youworkforthem.com/product.php?sku=P0316

http://www.youworkforthem.com/product.php?sku=P0457

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   skull with hair said 5 months ago

   i just picked this up. not essential, but its amazing how he guides you through it and reveals subtle surprises at just the right moment.
   

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   CtrlAltD1337 said 5 months ago

   My communications technology and yearbook courses in high school have a few similar to these.
   I’ll look around local bookstores for these though, thanks for the recommendation.

3. 

   jimiyo said 5 months ago

   Any of the Spectrum Best in Fantasy Art are Killer. First 13 are hot too...

   

4. 

   Kolby said 5 months ago

   I will check them out.

   Other books you need.....

   To Kill A Mockingbird
   The Door To December
   Voice In The Night

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   chrisrushing said 5 months ago

   Sagmeister is so good.

   A local guy here in Chattanooga studied under him.
   http://www.widgetsandstone.com
   and yes i know its an awful website.

   But that is a whole other thread.

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   Tender Branson said 5 months ago

   These look like great reads, I’ll have to check em out...

   However, at the moment I’m thinking the only way I will survive any longer in this business is a shotgun.

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   Tang said 5 months ago

   I only have the first one, have to check out the rest...

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   sittingduck said 5 months ago

   

   Anything by burne hogarth is worthwhile for an artist.

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   aaron crawford said 5 months ago

   chuck pahliniuk: "snuff"

10. 

    skullface said 5 months ago

    aaron crawford said: chuck pahliniuk: "snuff"

    that disappointed me :/ Rant pwned Snuff, methinks.

11. 

    Randomentity said 5 months ago

    aaron crawford said: chuck pahliniuk: "snuff"

    i’m probably half way through that, not as good as his other work. Survivor is far superior. and yeah, Rant was mind bogglingly good. I have a signed limited edition copy. no biggie.

    anywho,
    "Thinking with Type"
    

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    Aniast said 5 months ago

    skullface said:

    aaron crawford said: chuck pahliniuk: "snuff"

    that disappointed me :/ Rant pwned Snuff, methinks.

    He’s a poor man’s Kurt Vonnegut. I don’t know if I spelled his last name right, but I’m drunk enough to not care.

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    RikkiB said 5 months ago

    

    And you need this , if you’re to have any kind of basis to your life.

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    swissarmyshark said 5 months ago

    

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    swissarmyshark said 5 months ago

    Randomentity said: anywho, "Thinking with Type"

    I’m actually not a big fan of this book. Had it for GDII in college, felt like every time I read something in it, the book was talking down to me. which is ridiculous, it’s a chopped up tree, it has no right to judge

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    hyperhyphen said 5 months ago

    I will start with fiction, I enjoy a lot reading and this are just some of the last I liked

    Dirty But Clean Pierre - YOU MUST read him not only because he got an important award from his first book but also because he is one of us, an ex designer and cartoonist who one day started writing

    

    Torture the artist and Safran Foer’s novels are also very good

    

    

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    matt901 said 5 months ago

    hyperhyphen said: I will start with fiction, I enjoy a lot reading and this are just some of the last I liked Dirty But Clean Pierre - YOU MUST read him not only because he got an important award from his first book but also because he is one of us, an ex designer and cartoonist who one day started writing Torture the artist and Safran Foer’s novels are also very good

    I read Vernon God Little and i really had to work hard to get through it. Don’t get me wrong in the end I enjoyed it, i just didn’t think it lived up to all the praise that was heaped on it. And the continual use of the word fricken started to grate a little.

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    hyperhyphen said 5 months ago

    It isn’t THE BOOK is A book, I just pointed out the fact that is interesting for us because it’s written by a designer and he did quite a good job considering the fact that many are nothing else than writers and still not at his caliber
    Probably I had a different perspective on it considering I am front he old continent :)

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    hyperhyphen said 5 months ago

    RikkiB said: And you need this , if you’re to have any kind of basis to your life.

    Now this is a book I would read, I just came from the children’s library:) I enjoy a lot studying children’s book illustrations (is ok the apostrophe???) and since it seems to be a compulsory read I will look to see if I can get my heads on it

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    chrisrushing said 5 months ago

    Randomentity said:

    aaron crawford said: chuck pahliniuk: "snuff"

    i’m probably half way through that, not as good as his other work. Survivor is far superior. and yeah, Rant was mind bogglingly good. I have a signed limited edition copy. no biggie.

    anywho,
    "Thinking with Type"
    

    thanks for posting... maybe if everybody read this book, all the type on shirts would be better. i have this one too.

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    dobi said 5 months ago

    

22. 

    LaurieShipley said 5 months ago

    I never have time to read, unless I’m reading to my son. Bums me out.

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    jaynajaynajayna said 5 months ago

    The only book you need to read ever is The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
    Not really but I was flying from LA to New York and read it in a day in all of its 200 pages EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I WANTED TO SLEEP I COULDN’T STOP

    The man is a fucking artist

24. 

    mitchbones said 5 months ago

    Dune.

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    Aniast said 5 months ago

    hyperhyphen said: I will start with fiction, I enjoy a lot reading and this are just some of the last I liked Dirty But Clean Pierre - YOU MUST read him not only because he got an important award from his first book but also because he is one of us, an ex designer and cartoonist who one day started writing Torture the artist and Safran Foer’s novels are also very good

    That Safran Foer novel is really good. I’d also recommend the Best American Non-Required Reading Series. Not only are there tons of really good short pieces in them, but it also supports a really solid non-profit, 826Valencia.

26. 

    Randi said 5 months ago

    Damn...I thought this thread was titled "Boobs you need."

27. 

    molasses4masses said 5 months ago

    

    

    Both were great reads

28. 

    benaiahclothing said 5 months ago

    good read if you are a business minded person

    

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    Salty Dog said 5 months ago

    

30. 

    landshark said 5 months ago

    Salty Dog said:

    great book!

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    andrE w. said 5 months ago

    RikkiB said: And you need this , if you’re to have any kind of basis to your life.

    oh i loved this book so much

32. 

    jaynajaynajayna said 5 months ago

    Salty Dog said:

    yessiree

33. 

    Tang said 5 months ago

    

    This is inspiring too

34. 

    conor said 5 months ago

    I have the "How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul" book, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone in the design industry. It pretty much tells you step by step how to start a design company and make it work, from copyright to even having the right mentality about the whole ordeal. Great stuff!

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    godmachine said 5 months ago

    

36. 

    derekdeal said 5 months ago

    

37. 

    gabroll said 5 months ago

    jaynajaynajayna said: The only book you need to read ever is The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

    The movie adaptation of this book is better...

    "The Road"
38. 

    DCAY said 5 months ago

    derekdeal said:

    agreed, totally own that one.

39. 

    chrisrushing said 5 months ago

    derekdeal said:

    got it.

40. 

    Birdie3431 said 5 months ago

    ubershark said:

    win.

41. 

    eyes and i said 5 months ago

    benaiahco said: good read if you are a business minded person

    My cousin bought this book for me a month or so ago, its a thick read but utterly amazing and insightful. Andrew Carnegie paid the writer for 20 years to write this book. Brilliant book, corny title, I can contest to it’s worthwhileness.

42. 

    cajun metal said 5 months ago

    Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist is awesome. Anything about Paul Rand or Saul Bass too

43. 

    a killer wombat said 5 months ago

    right now i am reading scar tissue and that book is killer. I have a hard time getting into fiction. But as far as art books go:

    

    and of course the logos book: dos logos is my favorite of the three

44. 

    forloveofOCTOBER said 5 months ago

    

    Just one of a few of David Carson.

45. 

    jfinley said 5 months ago

    Chris Rushing - nice, just bought em.

46. 

    Randomentity said 5 months ago

    if you don’t read HP Lovecraft you’re not my friend. Period.
    
    

47. 

    edgillustrator said 5 months ago

    a killer wombat said: right now i am reading scar tissue and that book is killer. I have a hard time getting into fiction. But as far as art books go: and of course the logos book: dos logos is my favorite of the three

    where can i get that masters of illusion book from?

48. 

    RikkiB said 5 months ago

    molasses4masses said: Both were great reads

    I’m reading World War Z at the moment ;)

49. 

    conor said 5 months ago

    dobi said:

    absoFUCKINGlutely.

50. 

    mitchbones said 5 months ago

    Dune. Worth mentioning twice :)

    I f’ing love Hitchhikers Guide. Nothing urks me more than someone saying "42!" and not even reading the book.

51. 

    hyperhyphen said 5 months ago

    a killer wombat said: right now i am reading scar tissue and that book is killer. I have a hard time getting into fiction. But as far as art books go: and of course the logos book: dos logos is my favorite of the three

    I just had the chance last week to look over it, and t is surprising, I liked the drawings made out of melted chocolate I think, if you can give me the name of the artist I would be grateful, the book wasn’t mine and I forgot the name.
    And of the logos collection I have 1 and 3 I missed the 2nd one, but really are great even if on the 3rd one maybe a little bit to much of clipart silhouettes, ribbons and splatters, I expected them to be a little bit ahead and see what is to come :)

    I also love

    

52. 

    hyperhyphen said 5 months ago

    Aniast said:

    hyperhyphen said: I will start with fiction, I enjoy a lot reading and this are just some of the last I liked Dirty But Clean Pierre - YOU MUST read him not only because he got an important award from his first book but also because he is one of us, an ex designer and cartoonist who one day started writing Torture the artist and Safran Foer’s novels are also very good

    That Safran Foer novel is really good. I’d also recommend the Best American Non-Required Reading Series. Not only are there tons of really good short pieces in them, but it also supports a really solid non-profit, 826Valencia.

    Yes and also the other one Everything is Illuminated they also made the movie that I liked a lot, music in particular.

53. 

    gagemaul said 5 months ago

    Just bought "How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul"... really, really cool.

54. 

    molasses4masses said 5 months ago

    mitchbones said: Dune. Worth mentioning twice :) I f’ing love Hitchhikers Guide. Nothing urks me more than someone saying "42!" and not even reading the book.

    The entire Dune series is good. I read them in high school and I am slowly purchasing them all. I’ve always loved authors who had enough imagination to create an entire universe.

    RikkiB said:

    molasses4masses said: Both were great reads

    I’m reading World War Z at the moment ;)

    Let me know what you think about it. I loved it. But then, I got into Zombie culture late (a month ago).

55. 

    molasses4masses said 5 months ago

    jaynajaynajayna said: The only book you need to read ever is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Not really but I was flying from LA to New York and read it in a day in all of its 200 pages EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I WANTED TO SLEEP I COULDN’T STOP The man is a fucking artist

    I read this and thought it was okay. Of course I couldn’t put it down, either. So, I guess I liked it. It kind of reminded me of The Mist (just kind of).

56. 

    Pearls To Pigs said 5 months ago

    both of these are cliche, but:
    

    
    
    

57. 

    molasses4masses said 5 months ago

    Pearls To Pigs said: both of these are cliche, but:
    

    Second book is better than the first. Donald Miller is A.D.D.

58. 

    scottymac said 5 months ago

    world war z kicked some A, another great read is "The Time Travellers Wife" the best time travelling book i’ve read that didnt have a Delorian in it.

59. 

    zoot said 5 months ago

    ...and for anyone taking their craft beyon t-shirts, 2 indispensable reads:
    - a subcription to Communication Arts magazine,
    -the Graphic Arts Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines, available at gag.org. If you can only scrape up enough for one book, buy this one. You will learn much and find multiple opportunities to improve your business as a graphic artist.

60. 

    Master_Control said 5 months ago

    i just picked up How To Be A Draphic Designer Without Losing Your Sole.

    Such a good color scheme haha.

    Can’t wait to read it.

61. 

    molasses4masses said 5 months ago

    MasterControl said: i just picked up How To Be A Draphic Designer Without Losing Your Sole. Such a good color scheme haha. Can’t wait to read it.

    Same. And I couldn’t find Dynamic Anatomy, so I got this...
    
    and
    

62. 

    mitchbones said 5 months ago

    Just ordered Thinking with Type and How to be a graphic designer wihtout losing your sould.

    Hopefully good decisions. I now have no bank funds. woohoo

    edit:

    molasses4masses said:

    MasterControl said: i just picked up How To Be A Draphic Designer Without Losing Your Sole. Such a good color scheme haha. Can’t wait to read it.

    Same. And I couldn’t find Dynamic Anatomy, so I got this...
    
    and
    

    http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Anatomy-Expanded-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015521/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213988839&sr=8-1

63. 

    nadameansnothing.com said 5 months ago

    chrisrushing said:

    derekdeal said:

    got it.

    +1

    and also this one for morning brain workout...
    

64. 

    molasses4masses said 5 months ago

    mitchbones said: Just ordered Thinking with Type and How to be a graphic designer wihtout losing your sould. Hopefully good decisions. I now have no bank funds. woohoo edit:

    molasses4masses said:

    MasterControl said: i just picked up How To Be A Draphic Designer Without Losing Your Sole. Such a good color scheme haha. Can’t wait to read it.

    Same. And I couldn’t find Dynamic Anatomy, so I got this...
    
    and
    

    http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Anatomy-Expanded-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015521/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213988839&sr=8-1

    wha?

65. 

    mitchbones said 5 months ago

    molasses4masses said:

    mitchbones said: Just ordered Thinking with Type and How to be a graphic designer wihtout losing your sould. Hopefully good decisions. I now have no bank funds. woohoo edit:

    molasses4masses said:

    MasterControl said: i just picked up How To Be A Draphic Designer Without Losing Your Sole. Such a good color scheme haha. Can’t wait to read it.

    Same. And I couldn’t find Dynamic Anatomy, so I got this...
    
    and
    

    http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Anatomy-Expanded-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015521/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213988839&sr=8-1

    wha?

    You couldn’t find the book, so i provided a link to it. Thought it was obvious :\

    I forgot I’m leaving town for a while, so I cancelled my order.

66. 

    mitchbones said 5 months ago

    I also grabbed Think and Grow Rich, and
    How to Win Friends & Influence People

67. 

    greens said 5 months ago

    dobi said:

    hell yea

    
    this is a MUST buy

    it really cleared up a-lot of questions i had

68. 

    mitchbones said 5 months ago

    Yes. Even apples poop.

69. 

    mitchbones said 2 months ago

    molasses4masses said:

    Just bought this! I’ll thank you when the plague comes.

    

70. 

    jimiyo said 2 months ago

    mitchbones said:

    molasses4masses said:

    Just bought this! I’ll thank you when the plague comes.

    

    if you search torrent, you can actually find the audio, i think by the man himself.

    some people dont like that book, because if you arent sincere, its more like

    how to manipulate and use people.

    still a good read.

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