The Fundamentals of Illustration

By Lawrence Zeegen and Lawrence Zeegan

Book Overview

After a decade of catching up with technology, modern illustration is digitally literate and full of stylistic attitude. Today's illustrators work across a broad range of traditional skills and software and are much in demand. Recognising illustration as a freelance profession, The Fundamentals of Illustration explains best working practices appropriate to all industry sectors, including how to market and promote work effectively. It also includes a useful section on copyright and the legalities of selling work. Accompanied by engaging visuals and examples from the world of professional illustration, The Fundamentals of Illustration offers a unique and comprehensive insight into the world of professional illustration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2940373337
• ISBN13: 9782940373338
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: AVA Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful!

I am a self taught illustrator and I found this book extremely useful - it really covers the fundamentals of illustration! I love it.

Fabulous intro to the world of professional illustration.

As an aspiring illustrator, I was looking for a book that would not only tell me the different avenues I could pursue as an illustrator, but the pros and cons to each path, the best process to follow and how I could become a successful illustrator. This book really had it all! I highly recommend it to anyone getting started in illustration.

Excelent!

this book only has one small problem: small captions. That's it! It is everything that says in the book description and more!

Essential Reading

This book is absolutely wonderful. It is superbly written, beautifully designed, and contains examples covering a vast array of Illustration styles that tie in perfectly with the text. While the focus is obviously on illustration, I would highly recommend that freelance people in the related disciplines of Web and Graphic Design read this too, since there's a lot of more general information about the challenges of going it alone. I would hope that educators are integrating books like this into their curriculum, since it's important for students to understand these challenges before being unleashed into the world! Thanks for a great book!

Excellent resource & eye candy.

This book is currently being used as our "unofficial textbook" in my illustration class. A very good overview of illustration careers and practices. Also, this book is great eye candy. I've been inspired to experiment a little more based on the different types of illustration in this book. Excellent for art students and those considering careers in illustration or graphic design.