The author presents his personal techniques and tricks for designing artistic graphics with CorelDRAW. The tutorials give step-by-step instructions for creating sculpted stone, graffiti, bullet holes, body art, puzzles, barbed wire, comic characters, pinup posters, photo collages, black holes, repeating images, and animation. In the center of the book are 40 color illustrations. The CD-ROM contains artwork files for each chapter, Auto f/x utilities, fonts, clip art, and plug- in demos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)