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Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781581150759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume's cutting-edge essays, interviews, and course syllabi provide the first-ever blueprint for teaching and practicing the dynamic art and craft of illustration.
Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2004-10
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1581153864
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This practical guide examines the business of illustration from two different perspectives: the illustrator's (Marshall Arisman) and the art director's (Steven Heller)." "The authors also provide insightful interviews with professional illustrators, art directors, and art buyers from various industries. With its narrative format and informative sidebars, this book provides the insights and inspiration that every illustrator - experienced or just starting out - needs to succeed."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Darrel Rees
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2014-01-17
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1780675216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers practical help and guidance to aspiring illustrators. All areas of the job are covered – creating a portfolio; approaching potential clients; preparing for meetings and negotiating contracts; setting up a studio; maintaining a flow of work and managing one’s time and cash. Self-promotion, creating websites, self-publishing and the pros and cons of agents are all explored. International illustrators are interviewed, discussing how they got their break in the industry, their experiences with clients, their methods of promoting work and more. In addition, leading art directors describe their approach to commissioning illustration, how they spot new talent, their thoughts on promotional material and their advice to up-and-coming illustrators. Packed with useful tips gleaned from the author’s own career as an illustrator, and his work as an agent handling some of the best new talent, the book is an essential read for anyone looking to succeed in illustration.
Author: Derek Brazell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1350030813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Davies's Becoming a Successful Illustrator. This edition features even more 'Spotlight on...' sections, with advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people that commission them. You can enjoy added coverage in fields such as moving image, character illustration and social media. There are also new exercises to get you started planning and building your business, and over 200 inspirational examples of artwork, most of which are new to this edition. You can expect practical tips on how to seek work, how to market yourself and how to run your illustration business in an enterprising way, with advice that will prove useful long after your first commission. Building on the resources of the first edition, this continues to be the must-have guide to practicing professionally as an illustrator. Featured illustrators include: Millie Marotta Mark Ulriksen Natsko Seki Ellen Weinstein Stephen Collins ... and many more Featured topics include: Finding clients Agency representation Fields of work Financial and legal requirements Skills in art and design Self-promotion Showing work Managing your business
Author: Brian Wood
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2021-12-28
Total Pages: 1088
ISBN-13: 0137622309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCreate artwork from precise drawings to stylistic paintings with Adobe Illustrator. By completing a series of hands-on projects like logos, illustrations, posters, podcast covers, flyers, and more, you'll start with a quick tour of Illustrator, then explore selections, shapes, color, and editing artwork. Progressing to freeform gradients and layers, you'll build up to working with dynamic symbols, artistic brushes, creative effects, as well as exporting assets. All told, you'll create 17 engaging and unique projects, building valuable graphic art skills throughout. The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book (2022 release) contains 17 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to: Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step Bonus video content showing nine essential skills not covered in the book and available only in the Web Edition, indicated by video icons in the table of contents What you need to use this book: Adobe Illustrator (2022 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.) Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe Illustrator software. This book covers Illustrator on desktop only. It does not address Illustrator on the iPad.
Author: Marshall Arisman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-09-07
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 1581158262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeaching Illustration is a must-have for any college-level art instructor. Packed with a wealth of illustration course syllabi from leading art and design schools across the U.S. and Europe, it offers exciting ideas on topics from editorial illustration to animation, books, and the Internet. Each syllabus includes an introduction, course requirements, a weekly breakdown, suggestions for projects, and selected readings—a comprehensive array of topics, reading lists, and teaching tips for courses at all levels. For beginning educators seeking guidance or for veterans seeking new inspiration, Teaching Illustration is essential for the craft of teaching the next generation of illustrators. • Packed with sample syllabi—a must-have for art teachers and students • Detailed, concrete examples of how to create compelling, inspiring classes Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Author: Charise Mericle Harper
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2016-02-09
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 0763674850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA quirky ode to spirit, identity, and the joy of having (or being) a library card.
Author: Kim Smith
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 1328477207
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match." --
Author: Adobe Systems
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 0321492005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe project-based lessons in this text show readers how to use Adobe Illustrator CS3 in real-life, everyday tasks. They give users a complete tour of the software.
Author: Darrel Rees
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2008-04-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781856695305
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt last! Here is true practical help for budding freelance illustrators. This book helps you avoid the pitfalls that can ruin a career, with advice on crucial first impressions, how to create a portfolio and approach clients, how to negotiate contracts, and how to handle, deliver, and bill the first job. It discusses how to set up a studio, maintain a steady flow of work, and manage time and money. In addition, it provides information on successful self-promotion, self-publishing, and the prosand cons of agents. Packed with useful tips gleaned from the author's own career and his work as an agent handling major artists in the US and UK, the book includes interviews with nine big-name illustrators. The reader benefits from their experience of starting out; what they learned during the metamorphosis from student to professional; what their expectations and experiences have been. In addition, art directors and commissioners describe the ways they like to be approachedand the ways they really dislike.
