Exploring Illustration - Delmar Learning

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preface
INTENDED AUDIENCE
If you were stuck on a desert island (with your client just on the other side of the sand
dune, waiting for that job), what are the brushes you hope made it off the wreck of the
good ship Winslow Homer?
Of course, we’re simply trying to make a point. But reading this book just might throw you
a lifeline to the answer. Exploring Illustration is designed to immerse the reader in both
the theory and practice of illustration—a heady mix of promise and challenge.
That mix involves process and product, metaphor and mechanics, not to mention analog
directions and digital trends. Intended for a college illustration program, Exploring Illustration
was actually written for all students of illustration, regardless of where they are
on the learning curve or professional ladder.
BACKGROUND OF THIS TEXT
Exploring Illustration was written to address a variety of concerns. If you survey the field,
it becomes apparent that illustration teachers are looking for a “good illustration book.”
Students often ask for a resource text to supplement their illustration endeavors. But
many teachers—myself included—have yet to find a book that works for them, in their
classroom. There are books we suggest, but without a full endorsement.
If you are devoted to education, and you teach illustration, you are—more than likely—
an active and proactive teacher. If you love to paint and draw, and are a freelance illustrator,
it’s a safe bet you are passionate about the art and occupation of illustration.
After years of juggling the classroom and the field, you probably have some things to say
about illustration, and much to articulate about being (or becoming) an illustrator.
This is your kind of book!
Exploring Illustration responds to student needs, present market concerns, and emerging visual
objectives. This is accomplished by examining influences and connections, current thinking
and modern method, as well as historical and available tools. We do this by exploring a
cornucopia of techniques with a broad range of viewpoints (and a variety of personalities).
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