Chinese Folk Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Pictorial Archives) (Paperback)

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Product Description
Vibrant, energetic, and bold, the stark designs of the hua yang patterns in Chinese art are easily suited to virtually any design-related project. Intricate motifs cut freehand from paper, they depict traditional symbols from Chinese art and literature. This collection features over 200 of these exotic, hand-cut images: florals, birds, reptiles, landscapes, insects, fish, human and mythological figures, Chinese characters, and moreÑall striking in their classical simplicity. Dover Original. One CD-ROM and paperbound book. 215 black-and-white illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (December 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486995356
• ISBN-13: 978-0486995359
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #826,994 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great clip art to build off of., November 3, 2006

By	scheinerinc. "Mike" (New City, New York USA) - See all my reviews

I was able to take this clip art and modify the vector files to accommodate my design. There was a decent variety to choose from as well. Plus it was cheap.

4.0 out of 5 stars Chinese Folk Designs, April 27, 2009

By	J. Chung (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Awesome designs!! So many to choose from!! I used some for favors, thank you notes, and address labels!!

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, April 15, 2009

By	J. Sims (Phoenix, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are looking for decent quality graphic images for use with computerized digital projects, steer clear of this book. The images are of very poor quality - whether in jpg or tiff format. The edges of the designs are very jagged and thus useless for quality graphic design. It appears the images were scanned in poor resolution then saved as larger images based on the poor resolution originals. There is no way these images were originally scanned at 600 dpi. They appear to have been scanned at 72 dpi, then enlarged to 600 dpi, warts (jagged edges) and all. I've purchazsed numerous Dover design books accompanied with a CD-ROM, and they are all the same poor quality, regardless of image format.