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Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image Mark 'Wigan' Williams

Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image By Mark 'Wigan' Williams

Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image by Mark 'Wigan' Williams


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Looks to the history of illustration for inspiration from medieval manuscripts and hieroglyphics to the contemporary. This book also examines the production of artefacts, for example artists books, graphic novels, posters, and handmade typography, stencils, graffiti, and fonts designed by illustrators.

Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image Summary

Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image by Mark 'Wigan' Williams

Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image explores the basic function of illustration: the interpretation of words into pictures and the interplay of text and image as two forms of visual representation. The basic principles of graphic communication are introduced through case studies and examples in which the relationships between illustration and text are analysed and explored. The book features a wide range of work demonstrating diverse visual languages, ideas, techniques and skills. It also examines the production of artefacts, for example, artists' books, graphic novels, posters and handmade typography, stencils, graffiti, and fonts designed by illustrators

Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image Reviews

This makes an essential read for any would be illustrator/designer or visual communication student and should feature on every art college library bookshelf. -- Nicolette Hamilton * Varoom Magazine, 2008 *
I am pleased to say that these books are well thought out, relevant to our industry, well designed for today's students and appropriately priced ... You hit it on the head with these illustration texts ... your format is unique and I believe it will speak to students. * Cheryl Wolf, New England Institute of Art, USA *
I will be recommending Text and Image to my students as a 'must have' book. Good visual examples and interesting case studies giving an insight into self-publishing and working on briefs integrating text with image. * Ben Kelly, University of Wolverhampton, UK *
Informative, encouraging, inspirational and clear. * Alison Barratt, University of Sunderland, UK *
Excellent range of image/text combinations, up-to-date and visually both informative and exciting! * Penny Kealey, East Riding College, UK *
A very useful introduction for undergraduate students. * Anna Middleton, Arts University College at Bournemouth, UK *
The book contains great images, project starting-off points, general concepts and ideas for illustration students. * Jose Montoto, Carthage College, USA *
The book is extremely good, explaining the content clearly and simply for the audience to understand. We will be recommending it to the first year students of the degree course. * Andy Ellison, Nottingham Trent University, UK *

About Mark 'Wigan' Williams

Mark 'Wigan' Williams is one of Britain's foremost graphic artists, an influential academic and a writer. Since 1998, Wigan has lectured in Graphic Design and Illustration throughout the UK, including courses in Hull, Derby, Coventry and Central Saint Martins College, London. Between 2002 and 2006 he was Course Director on the BA Illustration and MA Illustration courses at Camberwell College of Arts, UK. From 2007, he was Programme Leader of the BA Graphic Design course at the University of Salford's School of Art and Design, UK. Wigan is also co-founder and director of House of Ear - Experimental Art Research, a gallery/studio and project space in Manchester, UK. He continues to paint, self-publish books of his drawings, print limited-edition silkscreen prints and T-shirts, and exhibit in galleries and venues worldwide

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Get the Most out of this Book 1. The Elucidators Defining Illustration A Rigorous Discipline A Personal Visual Language Mapping Connections and Directions A Subjective History of Illustration Type Play Projects 2. Interpretation Amplifying the Text Author/Illustrator The Visual Journalist Book Art Narrative Illustration Projects 3. Text, Images, Ideas and Messages Editorial Illustration Conceptual Image-making Persuasive Image-making To Instruct and Inform Text as Image and Image as Text Letterform Projects 4. A Myriad of Platforms Poster Design Magazines Installation and Interventions Book Jackets Text in Motion Visual Impact Projects 5. Illustrative Text Magical Letterforms Handcrafted type Sampling and Mixing Typographic Poetry Handmade Type Projects 6. Graphic Art Zeitgeist Sound and Vision Image, Music and Text Club Flyers Zeitgeist Projects Conclusion Glossary Illustration Dialogues Reference Material Influential Posters and Record Sleeves Contacts Acknowledgements and Picture Credits

Additional information

NPB9781350113213
9781350113213
1350113212
Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image by Mark 'Wigan' Williams
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2019-06-26
176
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