The Arts and Crafts Computer: Using Your Computer as an Artist's Tool [Paperback Book]

Turn your computer into the ultimate arts and crafts tool.


The Arts & Crafts Computer shows you how to use your personal computer, scanner, digital camera, and color printer as well as more traditional artist tools to create beautiful graphics and artful objects for your home, school, and work.  This book helps you understand the basics of digital editing, typesetting, and graphic design as well as how to gather the right digital and traditional tools.  From using your computer to design principles and ideas, The Arts & Crafts Computer will have you creating artful works with your computer quickly. If you're a crafter looking for computer ideas or a designer or teacher looking for hands-on projects, The Arts & Crafts Computer is for you!

• Use inkjet printing media including cloth, decals, stickers, magnets, transparencies and more
• Work with art materials safely, avoid computer-related stress, and find environmentally-friendly materials
• Create unique greeting cards and envelopes, artist books, games, toys, home decorations, and gifts

• Make toys and games
• Decorate household items
• Create artist books with handmade bindings
• Transform snapshots into great art
• Scan templates, add art, and fold to create gift boxes
• Use photo-based art for greeting cards
• Decorate tote bags, aprons, and other cloth items
• Make decals that stick to glass, plastic, wood, and metal

• Understanding Digital Tools
• Working with Photos and Scans
• Using Type and Design
• Gathering Art Supplies
• Making Cards and Small Books
• Crafting Gifts and Decorations

• Author:  Janet Ashford
• Publisher:  Peachpit Press
• Pages:  165
• Use Level:  Beginning through Advanced

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