Entourage: A Tracing File for Architects and Interior Design [Paperback]

Ernest Burden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1995

Here's the book that makes it easy to create quick foreground and background graphics for every kind of architectural drawing. Use the huge assortment of entourage figures compiled here to establish scale, help convey the function of the depicted project, and bring life to your sketch.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From Landscape Architecture Bookstore Catalog:

The premier tracing file for design professionals--now in a completely new edition! Over 300 pages organized according to size and type of figure incorporate more outdoor furnishings, plants, and other environmentally pertinent design elements. One of the handiest drawing sources ever published, the third edition is now better than ever.

From the Back Cover

This updated and revised resource makes it easy to create quick background graphics for architectural drawings. The third edition is packed with new figure drawings, reflecting a more diverse populace and the trend toward more environmentally correct designs.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; 3rd edition (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070089442
• ISBN-13: 978-0070089440
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Interior Design > Professional Reference

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tracing Book!, April 26, 2005

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CaliJen (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entourage: A Tracing File for Architects and Interior Design (Paperback)

I am an interior design student who LOVES this book. I had been struggling with drawing people in my renderings and this book really saved my drawings. You can be the best interior artist and have perfected drawing rooms, but if you stick an akward looking person in the center of your room....you have just completely ruined it. This book helps artists, interior designers, architects, students, teachers....everyone.

It has pages and pages filled with people of ALL sizes and shapes. It also has people sitting, laying down, kneeling, etc. There are some pictures of cars, boats, planes, & trees/plants.
Conviently, all of the book's pages can be torn out with perforated edges. You can choose which page you want and slip it right underneath your drawing to trace.

I looked and lookd for a tracing guide and this book is the best out there. If you need help with any kind of human rendering, this book will do the trick.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Retro 70's, October 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Entourage: A Tracing File for Architects and Interior Design (Paperback)

1995 edition with 1970's figures and automobiles. Classiclly, this has been an architectural resource book for any office doing presentation work, though, today the content is dated.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, April 13, 2005

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M. Alvarez (Stockton, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Entourage (Paperback)

As a landscape architecture student this is a great resource for finding all types of people and trees and cars in all kinds of positions, plan view or perspective. Its an essential reference when you are looking for variation.