May 2008

The Big Book of Illustration Ideas 2


Author: Walton, Roger
Format: Hardcover
ISBN10: 0061215147
ISBN13: 9780061215148
Trim: 8 1/2 x 11
Pages: 336
Illustrations: color illustrations throughout
Release Date: 04/16/2008
Price: $49.95
Territory: W

SYNOPSIS

How do you find an illustrator to create a piece of artwork? At present, there are a number of methods: Looking through myriad agents’ promotional books; browsing annual competition collections; trying to find that pile of unsolicited illustrators’ cards you just had on your desk the other day; searching the Web—for a few hours; asking a colleague. All of these methods can work, but they’re all time-consuming and haphazard.

What if you need someone to draw salad on a plate with a glass of wine next to it? You could go through the above processes, and—after a while—you’d probably find someone to draw or paint it in the style you wanted. Or you could simply pick up THE BIG BOOK OF ILLUSTRATION IDEAS 2, flip to the section marked “Food and Still Life,” and find pages and pages of illustrators who can draw all kinds of food in all kinds of styles: pencil, crayon, watercolor, collage, and so on, and so on. It’s a smorgasbord of illustration ideas. In fact, within these pages are the best illustrators from all over the world, found together in one place along with all their contact information.

For ease of reference, illustrators’ work is cataloged by theme: People; Portraits; Food and Still Life; Buildings; Landscapes; Abstract Concepts; Diagrams; and Miscellaneous. Each section shows hundreds of examples to allow a quick and accurate list of illustrators suited to your needs.

Categories include: People Portraits Food Still life Animals Architecture Landscape Concepts Abstract Maps and Diagrams With text Installations and exterior display


AUTHOR PROFILE

Roger Walton is the Art Director for Duncan Baird Publishers. He has lectured on design at several major art colleges in the UK, and published several books on typography and graphic design including Sight for Sound and Alphabook.