Illustration Books

By using this book, I learned Adobe Illustrator 8.0 without ever attending any formal class. I highly recommend this book to any other person who is intersted in learning this sophisticated application on his or her own.

By using this book, I learned Adobe Illustrator 8.0 without ever attending any formal class. I highly recommend this book to any other person who is intersted in learning this sophisticated application on his or her own.

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From Billboards to Street Furniture, this book covers it all. I got my start building Billboards and ideas gleemed from this book. The information is "pound-for-pound" a great guide to the history, present and future of outdoor advertising. If just one person with vision would read this book, you might find he'll be the next Ted Turner, Wayne Huizenga BOTH took it outdoor to make a fortune. Way to go David!

Great book, with large 11 x 11 cover reproductions. Too bad they aren't actual 12 x 12 size, but other than that, this is one's a perfect 10. The best album art collection I've seen, without a doubt.

You can see three hundred LP covers in this fascinating survey of sound track albums. The large size format (almost twelve inches square) means that the many whole page covers are just a bit shorter than life size, others are four to a page. The reproduction is excellent.

Plenty of these covers use the original movie poster illustrations, done by such greats as Bob Peak or Saul Bass. Ace cartoonist Jack Davis has seven covers including his most famous, for the 1963 movie "It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world". Strangely many great illustrations used on the poster or LP cover have no artist credits. Perhaps more than any other type of record cover sound tracks used a wider range of graphics and design and this certainly comes across looking through these colorful pages.

There are probably more than twenty of these large size paperbacks devoted to LP cover art published over the last few years and this sound track edition is worth adding to your collection.

This book represents one of the very few studies of one of the masters of American advertising and graphic design. Brodovitch served as mentor to such photographic luminaries as Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, and his distinctive and very modernistic style of layout and use of the grid are exemplary. He was integral to magazine design in the middle of this century, and yet has fallen into relative unknown. Unreasonably so. Any student of graphic design, its design or current practice, would do well to own this book. In this age of busy, frantic graphic pages, Brodovitch's work reflects a serene, yet knife-edged clarity.

Alexy Brodovitch is one of the best art directors of the 20th Century. This book is worth every penny because it really allows you to see his work in the same scale that he created it at. Thus when you are looking at a magazine spread from the master, you are seeing it full size - and not as a little pretty icon that decorates too many design annuals. In addition there are examples of his raw layouts, which really let you see a genius at work. This book is a must for any fan of graphic design, photography and fashion.

This book has samples of Barlowe's commissioned works for book covers, magazines, newpapers and other clients. It even has chapters about dinosaurs paintings he did for a book (and for fun), projects of the past and projects he is doing for the future. It also has information about his life, his tools and his methods. He explains a lot about how he does things, from what paint he uses to the use of models, from past artists he was a fan of to his love of nature.

Wayne Douglas Barlowe is one of the greatest living illustrators. This book shows some of his best work through the years. It is truly wonderful. As a sidenote, the back of the book shows preliminary art from a future project, Barlowe's Inferno. It should be noted that Barlowe's Inferno is now available and is excellent.

A great asset to any library.... I hate that it is out of print.

It's too bad Plants of the Bible is out of print. If you can find it, get it. Especially if you are planning a wedding, funeral, writing a book, painting a picture, or just going to the museum. This is the book that will clearly explain the differnt plants mentioned in the Bible and their significance. The book is composed of 118 full page botanical illustrations. On the left pages, there is the main heading, a Biblical quote, and an explanation of how the quote relates to the world. The right hand pages are the illustrations. I am not a huge Bible fanatic, but the information is so informative it's great for coversation.

I have been collecting Alice in Wonderland items for nearly 30 years and I am happy to add this book to my collection. The information is presented in a format that is accessible to the general public and not just the Alice afficianado. The book production is also wery pleasing. The wonder of Alice is how she shows up all over the globe in so many ways 140 years after her conception. I think the title of the book understates to what extent Alice lives in our modern popular culture.

I love this book. I received it yesterday at my office and read what I could on my lunch hour. I couldn't wait to get home. I bought this because I wanted to eventually introduce my 1 year old granddaughter to "Alice In Wonderland." Imagine my surprise to find that I can start reading to her now. There are extended nursery rhymes, funny sayings and a fascinating dialogue through the whole book. The illustrations are superb! I can start my granddaughter on the "white rabbit, calico cat, the queen" as well as "Alice" just from these wonderful illustrations. I can highly recommend this book for children and also adults who enjoy Lewis Carroll's wit. I cannot write enough good things about it.

Un saludo afectuoso, desde la Ciudad de San Salvador, El Salvador

Respetable, señores deseo adquirir los siguientes Libros de Ilustraciòn (un ejemplar por cada uno):

* "American Showcase Illustration: Volume 23, 5 stars". * "American Showcase: Artists' Representatives and Illustrators & Designers (American Showcase Illustration, Vol 24". * "Title American Showcase: Illustration (21st Ed, 5 Stars)".

Deseo, que me envien factura pro-forma, por la compra de lo anterior descrito, en el cual deberà de incluir todo los gastos de envìo, reqerido para obtenerlos en nuestras oficina.

Favor de dirigirlo a siguiente direcciòn:

Jorge Antonio Garay Asociaciòn Demografica Salvadoreña 25 Av. Norte No. 583, San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A. Tel.: (503) 225-0588 Fax.: (503) 225-0506 E-Mail: jorge_garay@ads.org.sv

For an illustrator starting out, or one well-seasoned, this book offers so much inspiration and insight. Being in the art field is difficult enough, so having this great source of information is such an asset-It gives you an idea of what kind of work is out there, competition you are up against, and ideas on techniques and style. Although it isn't a "how to" book, the fact that it has thousands of pages of fellow illustrators and graphic designers best work is enough to make anyone learn something new from viewing it. I highly recommend this book as a tool for any illustrator or designer.

Now, if only I could find the other two in the series! This book has me hooked on Fynn's tales of little Anna and the gang. One gets a sense of the location because you read the words just as they were said; you can almost imagine a little girl's voice speaking sometimes...

Like the fist one this was a delight to read. Some more insight into Anna's world and the way she experiance God. I loved it!

Antonio's People is a wonderful book that share about his life and subjects. It shows the inspiration of the colors, movement, and style that Lopez is accredited for. It is a book for someone who wants to learn about Lopez's art during the 1980's and the famous people that he drew.

Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos were two men with fabulous style. In this book, you get a sense of how they saw the world and how they tried to make it a prettier place. Paul Caranicas has created an homage to these two men and their work. It should be required reading for anyone interested in Fashion, Art, Illustration, Culture, and most of all STYLE.