This book asserts the continued power of illustration as a vehicle for meaning and message and offers a selection of great images by a broad range of well-known artists to explore in depth.
Derek Brazell graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from Middlesex University. He has been illustrating since 1984 and some of his clients include Penguin books, Harper Collins, Next and Scholastic Books. He was the editor of the Association of Illustrators magazine and he now is on the editorial board and is production administrator for Varoom. Jo Davies got her BA in Graphic Design Illustration from Maidstone College of Art and her MA from Kingston University. She has worked as an illustrator since 1985 and her clients include Weidenfeld and Nicholson, British Airways and Sony. She has has been a council member of the Association of Illustrators and is an editorial board member of Varoom.
[Understanding Illustration] effectively showcases the diversity of
illustration, the different formats and endless variation of style
whilst revealing the extent of illustration as means of visual
communication in the 21st century.
*Association of Illustrators*
As with the authors' other output, we can't recommend this book
enough. It's a real piece of eye candy, which let's admit it, we
all like but more importantly, it's crammed with insight and
understanding as well as work not from 'trend' based illustrators
but from successful current practitioners and real legends or the
art such as Victor Ambrus and Ronald Searle - why their like aren't
in every other illustration book produced, we'll never know.
*Grillust*
It is refreshing that among the chosen illustrators [in
Understanding Illustration] not all are necessarily big names
(although several are included). This was a deliberate policy by
the authors who specifically wanted to focus on unique artists who
have brought something new to the form … Full and informed
commentary on each project is interspersed with quotes and
background detail by the illustrator concerned. Many insights are
revealed by the artists when talking about their work … [N]o volume
about illustration would be complete without the odd example or two
and there's plenty on view here, with the emphasis firmly on
diversity. You get examples of all sorts of styles and approaches
from the minimalistic, scratchy pen and ink drawings of Serge Bloch
via the hi-tech digital renderings of scientific illustrator Craig
Foster through to the tactile collages and monoprints of Sara
Fanelli. There's some standout imagery here - of particular note,
the expression of the central character in 'Brave Children' by
Kadir Nelson, the movement and life in 'Incident in The Battle of
Hastings' by Victor Ambrus and the silk-screened poster 'Chernobyl,
Fukushima' by the aforementioned Luba Lukova. Just a few of the
reasons to check out this book.
*Illustration Cloud*
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