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The World Kite & Windsurfing Guide photos

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the world windsurfing and kitesurfing guide book

Quite a while back I was asked to contribute to this guide book that was being produced in far away Europe…it’s been a while in the making but The World kite & windsurfing guide is finished, printed and is now out and available to buy!

It was really great to be a part of this massive guide book that features over 1,200 of the world’s best spots - it was even greater that I got to show off the awesome waves I have right on my doorstep (well a short drive down the road anyway!) and even greater still was being featured in a publication alongside some of the legends of windsurf photography (like John Carter, Jono Knight, Darrell Wong to name a few!)

My photo’s are the top two on the Taranaki New Zealand page!

taranaki windsurfing spot photograph in guide book

To get your own copy in New Zealand just get in contact with Alex over at Gaastra.co.nz The book is featured on the home page as well as the Euro specific version.

Semi-Permanent 2010 Book Illustration

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semi permanent 2010 book monster illustration

monster illustration in semi permanent 2010 book

semi permanent 2010 book illustration and art

Semi Permanent book 2010 (2nd edition) is in my happy hands! Super, super stoked that my ‘Monster Tour’ illustration was selected to be in there :) Was very exciting to be flicking through the beautiful (hard back!) book  and seeing it looking out in all it’s grumpy monster glory.

As always the semi-permanent book is filled to the bindings with superb works from all around the world, a feast for the eyes and mind. Head on over to the Design is Kinky shop to get hold of past issues and look out for the release of the 2010 book 2 above when they do a reprint (they ran out at the semi-perm nz event!)

Free illustration and drawings?!*

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illustration drawing design books for free

*Ok, well strictly not completely free as you will require paper and pencil and also have to devote the time and effort to doing it yourself!

That’s right, go grab yourself these awesome free PDF books on art, illustration and painting and learn some great stuff! The drawing instructional books by Andrew Loomis (a great American illustrator 1892–1959) are now out of print and available to distribute due to their public domain status.

If you have any interest in the art of drawing, painting, illustrating, even design, then these really are great books to go through, learn and tell others about.

Head on over to these locations to download and spread the awesome resource and skills of Andrew Loomis:

Escape from Illustration Island
Placid Chaos
http://fineart.sk/
Alex Hays

Free css book download

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Interested in web design? Then beter grab yourself this FREE DOWNLOAD available now from Sitepoint. It’s a pretty up to date book that covers some of the best practices in current web design (CSS standards). Only another week left to get hold it so better get your download on soon!

*update: offer no longer available from Sitepoint, but they still have free downloads of book samples available.

A book

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Just completed a little personal design project I’ve been doing. The book uses a selection of my photographs combined with poems from New Zealand poetry. Each poem and photo was chosen to best complement each other, with the typography uniquely set for each piece in an effort to further enhance the feel.

The binding was done with french fold technique (so pages are folded on the outisde edge) and held together with the great simple Japanese binding method. A tutorial for this can be found here!

A few of the layouts and the cover….

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