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Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication

By Martin Salisbury

Book information

Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Year
2004
ISBN
0764127179, 9780764127175
Open Library ID
OL8038291M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22941839 bytes)
Pages
128\141
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Искусство и искусствоведение;Изобразительное искус

Description

The successful book illustrator starts by understanding his author's flight of fancy, then rendering the ideas and actions imaginatively in pictorial terms. This unusual and inspiring book was written for art students and ambitious beginners. It instructs on methods of developing both imaginative powers and the technical artistic skills to produce high quality illustrations that will please authors and children's book editors. Separate chapters focus on: Media, materials, and techniques Developing different drawing styles to fit specific storytelling methods Instilling visual personality traits in story characters Creating effective sequential images for storyboards and picture book outlines Design, typography, and preparation for print Illustrating story books for older children Illustrating nonfiction and educational books Breaking into the children's book publishing business Here is solid, practical instruction for students of book illustration, enhanced with more than 250 how-to illustrations in color and black-and-white.

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