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| Illustration Now! (25th Anniversary Special Edtn) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Taschen
Publisher: Taschen
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 154659
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 25th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 3836505096
Dewey Decimal Number: 760
EAN: 9783836505093
ASIN: 3836505096
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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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 editorial illustrators from 13 countries; each entry highlights examples of recent work and includes the artist's contact information, favorite media, awards, clients, and work philosophy. Look no further for what works and who's who in the world of illustration: it's all here.
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 Impossibly pretty, but not a strong selection February 22, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I just couldn't leave this in the shop. It's so beautifully produced that all my objections went for nothing. The Gary Baseman cover alone would have done it.
But if we were to go by the book's content, we would find that 80 percent of today's most remarkable in illustration consists of unimaginative, clipart-like vector graphics and over-airbrushed Photoshop clumsiness. Too much of this stuff fits the term 'visual demagogy'.
By the amount of shallow commerciality presented (which very often borders on dilettantish) the book gives an objective account on the general state of things, to be sure. But why be concerned with the artistically irrelevant, when there are so many great talents out there? Greg Clarke, Gary Taxali, Mark Ulriksen, Dan Page, Joe Morse, James Jean, Brad Holland, John Hendrix, Olaf Hajek, Douglas Fraser, Vanessa Dell, Brian Cronin, Daniel Chang and the already mentioned Gary Baseman are among them. Their painfully few pages save an otherwise unsubstantial book.
 Wicked Cool June 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this book. I bought it as an impusle buy but I can't stop flipping through it. Lots of inspiring artwork. My only complaint is that the artist's blurbs were for the most part unsatisfying. They sounded like something the artists release en masse to their publicists. I would have liked to hear more about how they work and their techniques. But I guess they can't give away all their secrets. I like this book just for the sheer fact that there are not many books out there of up and coming pop artists. This is definately a good start and inspiring for a budding artist like myself.
beautifull, missing more text January 19, 2007
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.
Obviously Subjective June 7, 2008
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.
Great August 7, 2008
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.
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