Starting with the basics of game creation and a look at the artistic skills necessary to get started, this title offers key roles for creators - from concept artists to character animators to marketing artists and beyond. It also features interviews with video game art professionals who've worked for top gaming companies.

In How to Become a Video Game Artist, veteran video game designer Sam R. Kennedy provides the inside track on everything you need to forge a career in the world of video gam...

Wiskunde in de bouw is het enige boek voor hoger onderwijs dat studenten voorbereidt op de belangrijkste wiskundige vraagstukken die een ingenieur in de bouwnijverheid tegenkomt. Het leert de student om procesmatig en in modellen te denken en het helpt om het technisch inzicht te ontwikkelen dat een bouwer nodig heeft. Daarbij komen alle belangrijke vaardigheden aan de orde als berekenen, specificeren en het beoordelen van (technische) adviezen van specialisten in de bouw.

In dit boek staat d...

Now fully revised and updated, this leading ICT series volume offers concise, superbly illustrated coverage of neuroanatomy, that throughout makes clear the relevance of the anatomy to the practice of modern clinical neurology. Building on the success of previous editions, Neuroanatomy ICT, sixth edition has been fine-tuned to meet the needs of today's medical students - and will also prove invaluable to the range of other students and professionals who need a clear, current understanding of ...

New to this edition: update the section on game console HW, extend the rendering chapter, include a section on 2D GUI, new chapter on multiplayer networking, more coverage of the Unity game engine.In this new and improved third edition of the highly popular Game Engine Architecture, Jason Gregory draws on his nearly two decades of experience at Midway, Electronic Arts and Naughty Dog to present both the theory and practice of game engine software development. In this book, the broad range of ...

Concise Guide to APA Style, Seventh Edition is the official APA Style resource for students. Designed specifically for undergraduate writing, this easy-to-use pocket guide is adapted from the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. It provides complete guidance for new writers on effective, clear, and inclusive scholarly communication and the essentials of formatting papers and other course assignments.

New to This Edition: full color throughoutcon...

This updated edition of a best-selling classic shows you how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or composers structure their music. The Visual Story teaches you how to design and control the structure of your production using the basic visual components of space, line, shape, tone, color, movement, and rhythm. You can use these components to effectively convey moods and emotions, create a visual style, and utilize the important relationship between the visua...

A tale from the Brothers Grimm provides inspiration for three gifted students from the world-renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Khang Le, Mike Yamada, and Felix Yoon were guided by their instructor, Scott Robertson, to create original design solutions for the environments, characters, props, and vehicles found within The Skillful Huntsman . The trio's sketches and full-color renderings thoroughly document the creative process of concept design, revealing a host of ...

Through examples and analogies, Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver introduces computational thinking as part of an introductory computing course and shows how computer science concepts are applicable to other fields. It keeps the material accessible and relevant to noncomputer science majors. With numerous color figures, this classroom-tested book focuses on both foundational computer science concepts and engineering topics.

It covers abstraction, algorithms, logic, graph th...

Binnen de archeologie is de laatste jaren veel veranderd door nieuwe wet- en regelgeving. De werelden van de professionele archeologie en de amateurarcheologie zijn in de praktijk steeds meer uit elkaar gegroeid. Maar met de juiste voorbereiding is er voor amateurarcheologen nog steeds een centrale rol weggelegd in de archeologie. Amateurarcheologen beschikken over waardevolle historische en archeologische kennis van de streek. Bovendien hebben zij vaak veel ervaring en deskundigheid. Zij kun...

Mechanismen en technieken

Welke mechanismen zorgen ervoor dat jij ja zegt tegen een aanbieding waar je eigenlijk niet op zat te wachten? Welke technieken gebruiken verkopers en anderen die iets van jou gedaan willen krijgen? En hoe kun jij deze technieken zelf ook toepassen?

De sleutelprikkel

Het gaat in biologisch opzicht om vaste gedragspatronen; complexe reeksen gedragingen die zich telkens in haast precies dezelfde volgorde afspelen, bijvoorbeeld bij het beschermen van het territorium, he...