Product Description
From magazines and newspapers to ads, websites, album covers, and even mobile phone wallpaper, illustration is a crucial element in visual communication today. With unlimited creative possibilities, illustration is as unbound as imagination itself; whether it’s a simple pencil drawing, an ornate airbrushed painting, or a computer-generated image, an illustration speaks the international language of ideas.This guide showcases 96 of today’s best commercial and editori… More >>
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#1 by Daniel Ryan Stover on April 17, 2010 - 7:39 am
The book is in good shape. It has a lot of good information on many illustrators of today which help inspire me in my own work.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Jamie Hogan on April 17, 2010 - 10:17 am
This book is a great collection of new work. I especially love that each artist writes about their work and what illustration means to them. As an illustration teacher, it is handy reference for my students to see what is current in the field.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Rodriguez C. Juan Pablo on April 17, 2010 - 11:48 am
As good as Ilustration Now, Vol.1.
It has a great colection of artists (very different between one another)and it also include each artists web pages so you can search deeper into each artits work.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Mrs. Bracha Stein on April 17, 2010 - 2:09 pm
Wonderfull selection of artists, very inspirational each time you open it.
Good quality reproductions.
I wish it had more theoretical text and practical information about world of illustration.
On the other hand, I must say that all the web sites and agent info for each
artist were very helpful.
Anyone who wants to get into this kind of work or just enjoys great art will
benefit from this book.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by C. J. Andersen on April 17, 2010 - 3:16 pm
I’m glad I didn’t pay full price for this book.
I like that there is only a small ‘blurb’ from each artist on their header page; the publisher (and I LOVE taschen books) left the majority of space on each page for the artwork.
I didn’t buy this book to read; I bought it to flip through and absorb the imagery.
A bonus is that more information on each artist is listed alphabetically in the back if you want it.
I love that there are a whopping 150 artists in this book, and about half are really quite good.
The book includes some of my favorites: Tomer Hanuka, James Jean, Simone Legno, Tara McPherson, and Yuko Shimizu. Finding those artists in this book was a very pleasant surprise (I had no idea who exactly was included in this book).
A lot of the book, however, is mostly crap.
I suppose this is why art is considered subjective.
I also can appreciate that the book covers a huge range of style and media and includes artists from around the world, but like I said before, I’m glad I didn’t pay full price.
Rating: 3 / 5