Illustrators on Creative Processes

An insightful and visually rich book about illustration andthe origins of creativity featuring the work of 26 outstandingillustrators, along with in-depth interviews with each artistin which they discuss their ideas, inspirations and creativeprocesses.
In How Ideas Are Born, readers will find a treasure chest ofimages by 26 diverse illustrators from 12 different countriesthat the author has gathered, selected and curated for the book.The types of images and styles vary, ranging from the childlikeand naive to the poignant, suggestive and truly masterly.In addition to the 270 images, the book contains 110 drawingsand pages from notebooks and sketchbooks that take thereader deeper into the nature of each artist's work. The visualelements are complemented by revealing interviews with eachartist in which they discuss what compelled them to becomeillustrators, their inspirations, and the research, methods,personal philosophies and work processes that allow them totransform a creative impulse or an emotion into an idea, and anidea into a work of art. We learn about what drives and inspiresthem as well as the origins of their ideas and creativity, from aninnocent curiosity about shapes and colors to the desire to sharesomething fascinating and wonderful with others in a uniqueand original way. Contributors: ARGENTINA: Isol Misenta.BELGIUM: Tom Schamp. BRASIL: Flavio Morais. CANADA:Anita Kunz. FRANCE: Serge Bloch, Delphine Durand, MartinJarrie, Herve Tullet. IRELAND: Chris Haughton. ITALY: SimoneRea, Valerio Vidali. JAPAN: Yoshiko Hada. PORTUGAL: AnaBiscaia, Carolina Celas. SPAIN: Elisa Arguile, Pablo Auladell,Pep Carrio, Jesus Cisneros, Isidro Ferrer, Manuel Marsol, M.A.Perez Arteaga. SWITZERLAND: Fanny Dreyer. USA: GaryBaseman (Los Angeles, CA), Katie Benn (San Francisco, CA),Lisa Congdon (Portland, OR), Elizabeth Haidle (Portland, OR).

Pages: 304

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