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Education of an Illustrator

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ISBN-10: 158115075X

ISBN-13: 9781581150759

Edition: 2000

Authors: Steven Heller, Marshall Arisman

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The editors interview professionals and educators in the field to discover how they acquired their knowledge of illustration and how they have translated it into practice in their careers. They also present model illustration education curricula.
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Steven Heller is senior Art Director for the New York Times & author of over seventy books on art, culture, & design. He lives in New York City.

Marshall Arisman is the chair of the master of fine arts illustration program at the School of Visual Arts. His editorial illustrations have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Esquire, Time, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and the Nation, and his paintings and sculptures have been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums. He lives in New York City.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Waxing and Waning
Conceiving and Making
Is There a Fine Art to Illustration?
Illustrate: Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted
The Line of Least Resistance
True Confessions of a Storyteller
Express Yourself - It's Later Than You Think
Ebbing and Flowing
The End of Illustration
What the Hell Happened to Illustration?
It Begins with "III" and Ends with "Digital": The Riddle of Illustration's Declining Fortunes
Mutant Futures: Is Obsolescence Really Looming?
The Influence of Computers and the Internet on Illustration
What Am I?
The Author/Illustrator
Toward a Holistic Profession: An Interview with Milton Glaser
Illustration's Connection to the Fine Arts: An Interview with Thomas Woodruff
Valuing and Devaluing
Art Directing Illustrators
The Joy of Illustration
An Illustrator's Fable
Stock
Teaching and Learning
A Moving Target
An Exercise in Self-Propulsion
Teaching Illustration
From Navel Gazing to Navel Drawing
Training Illustrators: The View from the Trenches
The Rookie
It's About Application
High Expectations
No Art Director Ever Asked to See My Diploma
Imparting and Inspiring (A Syllabi Sampler)
Basic Illustration
Basic Illustration
From Illustration One to the Senior Project
Editorial Illustration
Illustration
Rendering and Perspective for Artists
Issues in the Arts
Professional Practices
Illustration Portfolio: Course Competencies
Illustration
Junior Illustration Concepts
Illustration Senior Project
Syllabus for Illustration Six: The Thesis/Portfolio
Illustrators Workshop
Imagery for Children
The Open Picture Book
Buses, Billboards, and CDs
M. A. Typo/Graphic Studies Unit One: Learning to Look and See
Visual Essay
Illustrator as Documentary Artist
A History of Visual Communications
American Culture and the Applied Arts
Contributors
Index