Books : An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781600610868
ISBN: 1600610862
Label: How
Manufacturer: How
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: December 01, 2008
Publisher: How
Release Date: December 01, 2008
Sales Rank: 1700
Studio: How
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An Illustrated Life offers a sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the world through the pages of their personal visual journals. Popular visual journalist and author Danny Gregory reveals how and why keeping a consistent, visual journal leads to a more fulfilling creative life. Designers and artists working in all mediums will find creative inspiration from these insightful interviews and stunning examples.
Amazon.com Review:
Amazon Best of the Month, December 2008: Danny Gregory's An Illustrated Life is a visual delight of color and texture--a funky and frenetic "book about books people have made," perfect for chronic doodlers, journalers, and art lovers. Sharing vibrant excerpts from the notebooks of 50 illustrators, artists, and designers, each accompanied by an introduction by the artist, it's a gorgeous, intimate exploration of the creative process. 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. --Daphne
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Danny Gregory has gathered an incredible collection of amazing sketches by different style artists. It is a huge source of inspiration for anyone who enjoys sketching.
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Danny Gregory's new book is a treasure chest of illustrated journals, along with links to the artist's blogs and/or website... this book will inspire and entertain for years to come.
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This book is a treasure to browse through or to dissect page after page. I enjoyed going through every page and digesting it slowly. Reading about other artists and how they interact with their sketchbooks and taking a peek inside their personal pages was a pleasure. I recommend this book for the beginner as well as the professional. It will definitely inspire you.
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Danny Gregory's book is a jewel among jewels! It is jam packed with far more than mere words and pictures; this kind of inspiration doesn't come along very often! If you've always wanted to sketch or draw or scribble, this book doesn't merely tell you how; it shows the incredible prolific results of others' efforts. If you've ever felt the pages of a blank book and dreamed of what it could hold of your life, you owe it to yourself to experience this book.
I'm almost finished with my first round in Danny Gregory's new book and find that I'm a little sad that it doesn't carry on for more than its 266 pages. However, I know I'll return to it a thousand times for reference; another honor to its author will be how tattered it becomes!
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In a word: Inspiring!!
Yep... this is what it feels like to be inside an illustrators' head. It was well worth the wait. Thank You Danny for a wonderfull book.
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