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This illustrated book highlights over fifty top international motorcycle artists, studios, custom bike-builders, and bike shops, offering the first comprehensive survey of custom bike-painting globally. It captures the creativity and originality that define this genre, finally giving motorcycle artists the recognition they deserve. The featured artists share a common goal: each painting is original and unique, reflecting the personality of the rider-customer. Painting on saddlebags, tanks, and fenders presents exciting challenges, and the book showcases how motorcycle painters are adeptly meeting these demands. While some artists have formal training, most are self-taught, honing their skills through hands-on experience rather than traditional studio practices. They are deeply immersed in the vibrant culture of bike building and riding, which they passionately embrace. The book includes photographs of completed bikes, close-ups of the artworks, and detailed technical specifications of customized components. Additionally, it provides full contact information for each artist, making it an essential resource for motorcycle enthusiasts worldwide.

In Swag 2, noted designers Drate and Salavetz have collected a fascinating assortment of images created by 50 of the most important poster artists working today--from 1960s pioneers such as Jim Phillips to gifted painters to graphic design studios as diverse as Patent Pending Industries and Asterik Studio.

Designers are always in need of new books to help spark their imagination and fill their work with fresh ideas. This guide delivers all that and more with examples of today's most earth-shattering design and illustration achievements from 40 top designers. Extreme Design also helps designers incorporate its ideas into their own work by providing practical information on the concept and development of every design. It is a must-have idea book for every graphic artist and designer because its inspiration goes beyond the visual.

A collection of over 200 of the best designed record sleeves from the past three years. For the first time the compilers have included compact disc cover designs, both for single and boxed sets.