The Fundamentals of Illustration
Ebook
Overview
The Fundamentals of Illustration is a comprehensive and practical introduction to the field for illustration for graphic arts students, as well as for those who commission illustration. Now on its third edition, this title covers all areas of illustration; from what illustrators do, through selling your work across various media. Each chapter contains a case study, exercises and a brief for students to follow. New to this edition is expanded coverage of digital media and digital tools such as Wacom tablets, apps, and the use of social media as a source for displaying and obtaining work.
Providing a thorough introduction to the key elements of illustration, the third edition of this title takes you step by step through the design, print and production processes as well as providing practical information on what it means to be an illustrator.
Expanded coverage of digital tools in Chapter 2 including Wacom tablets, painting apps for tablets and phones, social media
Larger illustrations and over 50 new examples from international illustrators included
1. The Illustrator as Artist
2. The Medium is the Message
3. From Outcomes to Outlets
4. Communicating Ideas
5. Making it Happen
6. Production
Sample templates
Glossary
Bibliography & Webography
Acknowledgements & Credits
Index
Written by an experienced educator, the tone and language used is suitably calm and reassuring and reading it is like taking part in a stimulating university tutorial ... By reading this, aspiring illustrators will feel far more confident in their subject knowledge and will have an idea of what they need to do in order to develop themselves into a creative professional, who has the required practical skills and aptitude for a successful career.
- Title: The Fundamentals of Illustration
- Author: Lawrence Zeegen
- Series: Fundamentals
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 176
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781474242486, 9781474240390, 1474240399, 1474242480
- Resource ID: LLS:9781474242486
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:11:55Z
Lawrence Zeegen is Dean of the School of Design at Ravensbourne, London, UK.