Drawing for Illustration
Renowned professor on the
subject examines the practice
of drawing for illustration
through case studies and
sketchbooks. This beautiful, in-depth reference book by illustration professor Martin Salisbury explores drawing for illustration. Salisbury places a special emphasis on drawing, treating it as a fundamental skill that every illustrator should engage with. Assisting students through exercises and case studies, this guide explores the often-unseen world of draftsmanship that underpins finished illustration work. From book illustration to graphic novels and caricatures to commercial design, this attractive volume draws on sketchbooks, projects, and historical examples to show how they started as drawings from observation and drawings from imagination. Salisbury starts out by explaining the fundamentals of this exciting discipline before outlining the basic principles of line, tone, composition, and color through…
$60.00
October 25, 2022Martin Salisbury is a professor of illustration at Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, where he designed and led the world-renowned MA Children's Book Illustration program. He has written several bestselling books about illustration, including Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling with Morag Styles, which was awarded the UK Literacy Association's Academic Book of the Year prize. He has also authored The Illustrated Dust Jacket: 1920–1970, Miroslav Šašek (The Illustrators series), and Drawing for Illustration.
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Martin Salisbury
Drawing for Illustration
Martin Salisbury