Art of Computer Designing

by Osamu Satō

The computer is a magic box. Many graphic images are hidden inside it. This book is a beginner's introduction to calling forth these images as author Sato shows how to create figures with basic shapes - i.e., lines, arcs, squares and circles - and does so simply, clearly, and above all very logically. This is an everyday guide to computer illustrating, a collection of design ideas and a compendium of Mr. Sato's own computer art works. All the shapes in this book are black and white, but it is a black and white world full of potential. Just looking at the myriad manifestations of form is a joy, but for those who will use it to begin creating their own shapes this book offers far, far greater pleasure.

Genres: Art, Reference

130 pages, Unknown Binding

First published June 1, 1993

Reviews

[Daniel C. Bush · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a cult following of Osamu Sato and his work, which I admit that I am part of. I fell down the rabbit hole into the wacky and impressive work of Sato through LSD: Dream Emulator. I ripped music files from the CD and converted them to MP3s with winamp, once upon a time. A few years later, I heard that he was going to release some new music... and after being excited by the release of Objectless, I jumped back in and decided to explore more of his work I hadn't yet seen.

To my absolute surprise, the library at my university has a copy of this book in pristine condition with the original floppy diskette and everything. I managed to get the files off the diskette and use them in illustration software, just to play around with.

The book is very fascinating and covers the breadth of Sato's style, while showing you how it's all done in a friendly and interesting way that also lends some inspiration to the reader.

Even as someone who knows nothing about graphic design, it was an interesting read which I could follow quite easily and still learn a lot from.

Osamu Sato is really an enigma to me, and a true modern Renaissance man. This book gives you an insight to his superb technical and artistic mind.

[F. Rockbone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Art of Computer Designing
by Osamu Satō, an unpaid review that reads like a paid review.

This book is a box. Within it are many treasures for the designer, artist, kid with extra time, just about anyone. This book about simple Computer Graphics. Everything within also applies to paper collage. The images within are simple geometric shapes. The lessons are useful for any age. Instructions are so simple they are usually obvious. This book should be standard reading for anyone interested in computer graphics. Even if you don't care about making graphics, this is still an interesting book. If you removed all the words it could stand on its own as a collection of images which are interesting to behold.

This book is also open source, so make your way to the internet and grab yourself a high res copy for free.

[Murinius · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun little book that I found on the Internet Archive, showing images that can be composed out of lines, arcs, squares, circles and freehand shapes. They look like pictures you could make with a vector program and they are very charming. Buildings, animals, people, monsters, flowers, astronomical bodies... It can be calming to stop and identify the elements that make up each of the pictures, especially in a time when everyone has grown used to skimming through books, scrolling past images without necessarily taking a moment to analyse it, or even notice what it actually is. I recommend this to everyone.

[doggirl butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

pictures....... pretty
this book is free to read at https://archive.org/details/satoArtOf...

[Estela · Rating 5 out of 5]

!!!

[Keith H. · Rating 5 out of 5]

surprisingly inspiring even now