An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600610862 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Content Worth Overcoming the Logistics! I'm struggling to read this book all the way through, and needed to figure out why. Here's my takeaway: The book's elongated shape and heavy, glossy paper (beautiful quality) makes the book awkward to hold comfortably. Plain terms. it's clunky and heavy. In addition, the small print challenges my over-Content Worth Overcoming the Logistics! RobinLK I'm struggling to read this book all the way through, and needed to figure out why. Here's my takeaway: The book's elongated shape and heavy, glossy paper (beautiful quality) makes the book awkward to hold comfortably. Plain terms. it's clunky and heavy. In addition, the small print challenges my over-40 eyes, especially in the illustrations. I squint to see the many wonderful examples shared by each artist. But I love the content so much that . 0 eyes, especially in the illustrations. I squint to see the many wonderful examples shared by each artist. But I love the content so much that . Drawing Inspiration From Life! AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE: DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM PRIVATE SKETCHBOOKS: A Critical Review. [[VIDEOID:mo6JKWURIOGPVH]]I've never seen a book like this before! These are a collection of private entries from the diary/journals of artists from around the world.Included are some well-known ("R. Crumb") to the obscure. Teachers and professors, retired and entrepreneurs, housewives and the very affluent, they're all here side by side.Apart from the illustrations the artists' kept, the most compelling thing are the notes. You get the real se. "A book filled with inspirational spark and spirit" according to Jim. Not only is An Illustrated Life a beautifully produced, inspirational book, it is larger than Amazon's description. (Amazon's "update product info" feature doesn't allow me to suggest a correction.) An Illustrated Life is a healthy-sized 8" x 10", not 8.7" x 7" (and at 266 pages plus a few pages of front matter, it is hefty and thick, and it is printed on high quality paper).An Illustrated Life is chock full of inspiration. In his introduction,
The margins sometimes spill over with hurriedly scrawled shopping lists and phone numbers. Included are sketchbook pages from R. The intimacy and freedom on its pages are almost like being inside the artist's mind: You get a direct window into risks, lessons, mistakes, and dreams.The private worlds of these visual journals are exactly what you'll find inside An Illustrated Life. The cover may be travel-worn and the pages warped from watercolors. Find Insight and Inspiration for Your Creative LifeAn artist's journal is packed with sketches and captions; some rough, some polished. The pages of An Illustrated Life are sometimes startling, sometimes endearing, but always inspiring. This book offers a sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of 50 top illustrators, designers and artists. Crumb, Chris Ware, James Jean, James Kochalka, and many others. Open the book, and ra
Gregory's passion for the "illustrated journal" is infectious--for him, artist's sketchbooks represent a nonthreatening place to record "risks, mistakes, regrets, thoughts, lessons, and dreams." Whether you are charmed by the illustrations of Amanda Kavanagh, or intimidated by the musings of Stefan Sagmeister, poring over this eclectic group of fledgling and famous "artists" will inspire you to tackle an illustrated journal of your own. Best of the Month, December 2008: Danny Gregory's An Illustrated Life is a visual delight
Danny Gregory has lived all over the world from Australia to Pakistan. His visual journaling Yahoo group has more than 2,300 members and his Everyday Matters blog receives thousands of visitors a month.. He is currently Executive Creative Director of ad agency McGarry Bowen