Recently, illustrators keep creating simplified illustrations that depict strong concepts. See a few admirable pieces of artwork. While art in general, is truly quite inspiring, art which you have to achieve with certain limitations raises even more admiration. This is the case with black-and-white illustrations — beautiful, inspiring, and incredibly creative. We hope you enjoyed this collection.
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A source of high-quality vector graphics offering a huge variety of premade character designs, graphic design bundles, Adobe Character Animator puppets, and more. If you're keen to step away from your desk and start sketching the outside world, this is one for you.
It collects together a whole bunch of different artistic mini-challenges with the aim of pushing the user to think outside of the box and nurture their artistic skills and thinking. Tasks range from simple things such as creating a pattern on a grid to trickier challenges like exploring calligraphy. Becoming a Successful Illustrator is invaluable for anyone thinking of embarking on a career in illustration or looking for a boost in their existing career — and this is the second edition, so it's bang up to date.
There's plenty of advice from practicing illustrators and those that commission them , practical tips on finding work, how to market yourself and run your illustration business, plus lots of inspiring artwork. In Fifty Years of Illustration , Lawrence Zeegen and Caroline Roberts plot the evolution of illustration — "the rampant idealism of the s, the bleak realism of the s, the over-blown consumerism of the s, the digital explosion of the s" — and how the craft has changed over of the years.
Zeegen looks at the socioeconomic factors that effect illustration and vice versa. He also uses essays and artist profiles to investigate contemporary illustration's impact on popular culture. This is an illustration book to keep on your bookshelf, and go back to again and again. Celebrated illustrator Loish created this illustration book to offer a deep dive into her process. The Sketchbook of Loish: Art in progress reveals how her initial sketches graduate into her stunning final work, showing you her speedpaints, studies and first drafts.
She also offers some invaluable tips for illustrators and aspiring illustrators. Two brilliant tutorials will get you sketching, and you even get some exclusive artwork. This book is full of beautiful content, and is fascinating glimpse into the work of a renowned artist and a brilliant read for anyone who loves illustration. First published in , Molly Bang's short, beautiful, slightly strange book is one of the best ever written on composition for illustrators.
Picture This: How Pictures Work explores the mechanics; the nuts and bolt of picture design. But she also asks abstract questions too: Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? And at just 96 pages, you could easily read this in a oner. We had to include the legendary artist James Gurney in our list of essential books for illustrators. We could easily have picked his first book, Imaginative Realism , in which he tells you how to paint what doesn't exist.
But his second book, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter , is arguably the best, most exhaustive book ever written on colour and light. In it, Gurney looks at artists who were experts at using of colour and light, how light reveals form, the properties of colour and pigments, and a variety of atmospheric effects. But he does it without using jargon or overly scientific terms. This book shows Gurney is not only a master artist, but a master teacher too.
Andrew Loomis is one of those artists who transcends art. If you don't know the name, you will know the work — he is the master of figure drawing.
In Figure Drawing for all it's Worth , Loomis encourages you not to imitate his very distinct style, but instead to understand the principles that prop it up. If you're starting out, this is as good a place as any to master on of the fundamental building blocks of illustration, but there's more than enough here for old pros to learn a thing a two. The realities of being a working artist mean that as well as being able to draw, you need to know how the industry works.
A good one for beginners, How to be an Illustrator covers the basics of the business of being a professional illustrator, including putting together a portfolio, approaching clients, preparing for contract meetings, managing your time and money. It also includes valuable interviews with nine industry professionals. Rees has worked with big clients in the UK and the US, so he knows what he's talking about.
His book looks smart too. Austin Kleon's Steal Like An Artist is a modern classic for anyone who wants to do anything creative. But once you've started making things, what next? An illustration from To be like a Tiger by Emilia Dziubak. With so many editions created after the popular story, many artists from around the world have gotten the opportunity to create illustrations for this novel masterpiece.
In the following edition, we see gorgeous illustrations in pastel colors. As he imagines, the kids are staging a play and using mostly cardboard boxes.
The illustrations are presented in a beautiful watercolor style, almost giving the feeling of three-dimensional compositions. An illustration from Stories of numbers by Rimas Valeikis. The concept behind these enchanting full-page drawings is to show the little ones the wonder of Mother nature while telling different magical stories: about the lions hiding behind the trees, about the evening going in the hat, about the rain jumping over the water and more.
An illustration from Where are you, beloved lions? An educational book for children which helps the little ones learn English words with the help of awesome illustrations. In the stylization, we see the use of gradients, lights and shadows, textures, and eye-pleasing colors.
The illustrations are arranged by theme and certainly make the learning fun. The story tells about a child and a giant who are about to experience an adventure together that will change their lives. The book certainly manages to captivate the viewer with beautiful art.
The stylistics of the drawings include textures and fresh gradients. The story is about a loveable white bear who goes on an adventurous trip and faces different challenges along the way. An illustration from Victor. The big trip. The fifth illustration asks the kids to name all the animals depicted. What a fun way to learn and to enjoy art!
She also loves spending time with her animal friends from the circus. The full-page illustrations are drawn in beautiful bright colors and pastel textures. To conclude, children book art is such an imaginative field that every artist can learn from and get inspired. Children book illustrations come in all forms and shapes but besides being beautiful, they have one mission — to make the children happy….
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