Книги з дизайну ілюстрацій та постерів

Worlds Beyond Time – це остаточна візуальна історія космічних кораблів, інопланетних ландшафтів, криптозоології та уявних промислових машин науково-фантастичного мистецтва 1970-х у м’якій обкладинці та художників, які створили ці надзвичайні зображення.

Цей колекційний том — це любовна данина унікальній та міцній формі мистецтва, чия спадщина продовжує жити, як у ностальгічному оцінюванні, так і в ретро-шикарному дизайні основних науково-фантастичних фільмів, таких як Вартові Галактики, Чужий: Заповіт і Тор: Раґнарок.

У 1970-х роках процвітали масові дешеві науково-фантастичні романи. Папір був грубим, назви обурливими, а обкладинка вражаючою.

Протягом десятиліття цілий ряд талановитих художників, художників коміксів і дизайнерів створив тисячі найпривабливіших книжкових обкладинок, які коли-небудь прикрашали полиці книжкових магазинів (або стелажі). Твори, які замовляли для цих обкладинок, часто мали дуже мало спільного зі змістом книг, які вони продавали, але завдяки значній опорі на психоделічні образи, далекі пейзажі та тріпотливий сюрреалізм, мистецтво могло задовольнити той самий апетит до великих ідей і чудових нових світів, які сміливо просували письменники-фантасти, що підживлювалися космічними гонками.

У Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s Адам Роу, який курує, підтримує та воскрешає найкраще та найнезрозуміліше мистецтво наукової фантастики 1970-х у своєму блозі 70s Sci-Fi Art, знайомить читачів із найбільшими іменами цього жанру, зокрема Крісом Фоссом, Пітером Елсоном, Тімом Вайтом, Джеком Ґоґаном та Вірджилом. Фінлі, а також їхній вплив.

Наповнена чудово відтвореними творами мистецтва, ця книга також включає глибокі занурення в тему, яка зазвичай з’являється на цих обкладинках: космічні кораблі, інопланетні пейзажі, фантастичні царства, криптозоологія та важка техніка.

Про автора:

Адам Роу – старший письменник у Tech.co та автор Forbes щодо видавничої справи та бізнесу оповідання. Він також писав для iO9, Popular Mechanics, Tor.com і Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog. У 2018 році він був номінантом премії Digital Book World Award як найкращий видавничий коментатор року. Роу курує популярну мультиплатформенну стрічку науково-фантастичного мистецтва 70-х років, доносячи найкраще ретро-фантастичне мистецтво понад 100 000 підписників в Instagram @70sscifi. Він живе в Сіетлі, штат Вашингтон.

This colourful children’s book tells the story of the renowned artist Yayoi Kusama and her quest to cover the world in polka dots – from here to infinity!

Growing up in the mountains of Japan, Yayoi Kusama dreamed of becoming an artist. One day, she had a vision in which the world and everything in it – the plants, the people, the sky – was covered in polka dots. She began to cover her paintings, drawings, sculptures, and even her body with dots. As she grew up, she travelled all around the world and brought her dots with her, spreading them over big cities and small islands alike. Some people thought the dots were tiny, like cells, and others imagined them enormous, like planets. Yayoi said, ‘Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity.’ Written by Sarah Suzuki, a MoMA curator, with illustrations by Ellen Weinstein, this colourful book tells the story of an artist whose work will not be complete until her dots cover the world, from here to infinity.

The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop ‘Superflat' movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himself, explores more than three decades of his work - and is the first truly authoritative monograph on the artist in more than a decade. Written by art historian Yeewan Koon and featuring texts by Nara himself, it includes his most recent work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.

About the Authors:

Yoshitomo Nara graduated with a master's from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music and later studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He is represented by Pace Gallery and Blum & Poe.

Yeewan Koon is associate professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong, teaching Chinese and Japanese art history. In 2018 she was selected to curate the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea.

This book is not only about illustration, though it does contain illustrations — lots of them. But there’s more. This book examines the profession of illustrator, from the vexing subject of money to the question of the right workplace.

How do you get commissions? How do you negotiate successfully? What’s a fair price? How do you handle the everyday routines involved in illustration work?

It explains concepts such as usage rights, collecting societies and social security insurance for artists. And, of course, it presents a wide variety of illustration techniques. In short, it makes an effort to enlighten, be useful and answer as many questions as possible. Its author does so, on the one hand, by offering more than twenty really useful tips for budding illustrators — for example, how to stop the fear that a blank page often inspires — and, on the other, by presenting the twenty-five most important illustration techniques in a practical way that awakens the reader’s desire to learn more. As a parallel narrative accompanying the humorous texts, there are images by very different illustrators who work with a wide variety of techniques and styles.

These pictures are diverse yet easy to compare, because they all show the same thing: a bird.

About the Author:

Felix Scheinberger, born in Frankfurt in 1969, is one of the most innovative illustrators of the young generation.

An unrivalled treasury of the methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators, this volume covers five centuries of decorations for the printed page. Ranging from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century, it offers working artists and students an unsurpassed reference and source of inspiration. It also forms a delightful browsing book for lovers of art and illustrated books.

Starting with 16th-century woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein, the chronological presentation features works by Goya, Hogarth, Blake, Morris, Doré, Toulouse-Lautrec, Beardsley, and other masters. A brief text introduces each section, and the volume concludes with an international roster of modern artists, categorized by country. All that is best and outstanding in the field of illustration appears here, in this giant book of sketches, engravings, woodcuts, and lithography.

A complete edition of the first herbal published by a woman artist — which has a remarkable backstory.

In the 1730s, Elizabeth Blackwell (1699–c. 1758) found herself penniless, with her ne’er-do-well husband confined to a London debtor’s prison. A talented artist, she came up with a unique and ambitious moneymaking scheme: the publication of a new illustrated guide to medicinal plants, including many New World species not depicted in earlier books. Blackwell’s Curious Herbal, published between 1737 and 1739, was hailed for its usefulness to doctors and apothecaries and met with considerable financial success.
This magnificent volume — the first modern edition of Blackwell’s herbal — reproduces all 500 of her exquisite plates. Blackwell not only made the drawings, but prepared the copper plates and personally hand-coloured them. Her handwritten descriptions of the plants, which she creatively adapted (with permission) from Joseph Miller’s Botanicum Officinale, retain considerable interest. This book features a previously unknown preface by Blackwell, in which she reveals her passion for art and nature, and her vision for the herbal. Two introductory texts contextualise Blackwell’s achievement: the noted garden writer Marta McDowell explores the history of herbals as a genre, and the state of botanical knowledge in Blackwell’s time; and the historian Janet Stiles Tyson relates the artist’s rather extraordinary biography.

A Curious Herbal will be essential for all lovers of botanical art, and for anyone interested in women’s history and the history of science.

About the Authors:

Marta McDowell teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden. She has authored several books, including Unearthing “The Secret Garden” and All the Presidents’ Gardens. Janet Stiles Tyson, an independent scholar, wrote her doctoral dissertation on Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herb

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The book is a tribute to this fanciful girl and all the friends she meets along the way, including the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Each character shines in its own right and reveals its unique personality in each encounter with Alice.

Alice was created by British mathematician, photographer and writer Lewis Carroll, inspired by the daughter of some friends. Carroll fantasised about taking the child to a parallel-reality world which he called “Wonderland”.

Alice has inspired movies, songs, video games and all kinds of books.

The book is a tribute to this fanciful girl and all the friends she meets along the way, including the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Each character shines in its own right and reveals its unique personality in each encounter with Alice.

28 illustrators offer us a personal version of each character, revealing something more of their art and trend.

Have a happy, creative journey to wonderland! :)

When law student Atey Ghailan realized that he was doing more sketching than note-taking in class, he decided to pursue a career in art. Atey has written a book that showcases his best and most fascinating work, with details from behind the scenes of his experiences in the art industry so far. Atey’s artistic journey, from doodling in class to Senior Illustrator at Riot Games, California is central to the book. In addition, he wants readers to consider their own exciting journey, whether they have still to set off, or are on the road already. Readers will discover insight to his creative workflow alongside practical tips and techniques that can be applied to their own practice. The book shares how the artist defeats the dreaded art block, using a visual library packed with ideas and inspiration, and Atey will be debuting a new and very personal project, unveiling completely new and extremely exciting art.

About the Author:

Atey Ghailan is concept artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California, where he works full-time for the video games developer and publisher Riot Games. He grew up in Sweden, eventually moving to the US where he worked as a freelance illustrator and concept artist. Atey’s influences include Japanese art and anime films, and animated cartoons. His art is atmospheric, bright, and evocative, filled with warmth and nostalgic lighting.

З часів перших розтинів трупів анатомія і мистецтво завжди були пов'язані.

Від малюнків Леонардо да Вінчі до оголених фігур Френсіса Бекона, художників завжди цікавило зображення людини як біологічної істоти. Сьогодні анатомія знову в моді в сучасному мистецтві після відродження готики та хоррору в індустрії розваг.

У цій книзі прославляють анатомію, плоть і кістку понад 60 сучасних міжнародних художників і знаменитостей, у тому числі Демієна Герста, Марка Райдена, Джейсона Фріні та Нічоса.

Про автора:

Поєднуючи теми поп-культури з технікою мистецтва, що нагадує старих майстрів, Марк Райден створив унікальний стиль, який стирає традиційні межі між високим і низьким мистецтвом. Його картини виставлялися в музеях і галереях по всьому світу, а його роботи є частиною постійної колекції Музею мистецтв округу Лос-Анджелес. Аманда Ерлансон — письменниця, колекціонер творів мистецтва та редактор арт-блогу «Erratic Phenomena».

Повний візуальний путівник по міським пейзажам і будівлям найвідоміших і найвпливовіших аніме-фільмів

Вплив аніме, одного з найуспішніших культурних експортних товарів Японії, відчувається в кіно, літературі, коміксах і відеоіграх протягом десятиліть, але мистецькі твори цього жанру залишаються дещо загадковими, особливо в доцифровий період до початку 2000-х років. Справжня закулісна подорож оригінальними фоновими картинами, розкадровками та ранніми проектами найшановніших режисерів та ілюстраторів індустрії,  Anime Architecture представляє потойбічні будівлі та мегаполіси цих провидців як святкування та уроки для найближчого майбутнього.

Включає ексклюзивний матеріал від:

АКІРА, 1988
Патлабор: фільм, 1989
Patlabor 2: Фільм, 1993
Привид в обладунках, 1995
Мегаполіс, 2001
Невинність, 2004
Tekkonkinkreet, 2006
Rebuild of Evangelion, 2007, 2009

Список вмісту:

Вступ • 1. Багатошаровий ландшафт • 2. Масштаб Токіо: нескінченний мегаполіс • 3. Місто зі спеціальними ефектами • Біографічна інформація

Про автора:

Стефан Рікелес – куратор із Берліна. Він був художнім керівником Японського фестивалю медіа-мистецтва в Дортмунді та курував виставку «Proto Anime Cut» у 2011 році. Він працював програмним директором Міжнародного симпозіуму з електронного мистецтва 2010 та курував виставки трансмедійного фестивалю мистецтва та цифрової культури в Берліні. Він має ступінь магістра культурології та аудіокомунікаційних наук в Університеті Гумбольдта та Технічному університеті в Берліні.

These radiant images from the renowned 19th-century biologist and illustrator Ernst Haeckel, featuring marine microorganisms, will enthrall fans of his previous collections and garner-renewed attention for Haeckel's unparalleled artistry.

From jewellery designers to scientists, graphic artists to naturalists, the range of people inspired by Ernst Haeckel's illustrations continues to grow. Following up on Prestel's Art Forms in Nature and Art Forms from the Ocean, this new collection features startlingly beautiful images created by Haeckel, who was commissioned to contribute to the report of the HMS Challenger expedition, which circumnavigated the world from 1872-76. The Challenger's achievements were unparalleled, with nearly 5,000 new species discovered and catalogued from the depths of Earth's oceans. Full-page reproductions bring these organisms colourfully to life, drawing readers into a world at once hypnotic and highly ordered. Divided into three sections-Siphonophores, Medusae and Radiolarians-these illustrations display Haeckel's remarkable artistic skill and understanding of the architecture of organic matter. The authors provide a brief history of the Challenger expedition, background on Haeckel's scientific and artistic accomplishments, as well as informative texts on each group of organisms.A guide to the natural world and an inspiration to artists of every stripe, this collection of Haeckel's work is a fitting tribute to a 19th century genius.

About the Author:

Peter Williams is Emeritus Professor at the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales. David Roberts is Scientific and Technical Photographer and David Thomas is Professor of Marine Biology. Dylan Evans is an environmental and fisheries consultant.

This 240-page book, Aubrey Beardsley: The Decadent Magician of the Light and the Darkness, reveals the core of the artist Aubrey Beardsley through more than 180 of his artworks, compiled under the supervision of Hiroshi Unno, a critic and a writer who has contributed to many books on the fin-de-siècle.

Aubrey Beardsley was an illustrator who was best known for his drawings in black ink filled with erotic and decadent features. He was born in Brighton, England on August 21, 1872. The Victorian era in which Aubrey lived was gripped by a strict, rigid, conservative morality. The society was male-dominated and forced women to be modest. However, in Brighton, which developed into a seaside resort for the upper classes full of entertainment, people were relieved from such strictness. Brighton was also a breeding ground of a sense of liberty in all things, and sexuality was no exception. In other words, it can be said that the Victorian era was a chaotic era during which open-minded thoughts on sexuality and strict, male-dominated morality coexist. Aubrey's mother, Ellen, was a person who embodied that Brighton atmosphere. Although she worried about raising her son in such an environment, she also taught literature and music to Aubrey. It was lucky for him to spend his youth with Ellen, and Brighton definitely became the basis of his talent for grasping the oddness of society in this era. Aubrey moved to London when he was 15 years old. When the Beardsley family left Brighton, Aubrey lost the feeling of liberty he had been raised with, but at the same time was able to develop his talent by interacting with Edward Burne-Jones, Oscar Wilde, and William Morris, the artists that coloured this period. Aubrey, whose talent blossomed in London, began to offer his illustrations to many literary and theatrical outlets.

The most famous examples are his illustrations for Oscar Wilde's Salome, Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves" from One Thousand and One Nights, the French magazine Yellow Book, and the play Lysistrata. The illustrations for these literary and theatrical artworks had also been drawn by many other illustrators, but Aubrey's work was totally different from anyone else's. The seductive motifs that he drew, using only black ink, such as a woman with a fearless smile, a gentleman with disdainful contempt, and figures with extremely exaggerated genitals, all express Aubrey's incomparable talent for grasping the chaos and unsettled atmosphere of the period. The rebellious nature and imagery of his illustrations were often controversial. People even called him "the Devil's younger brother". But there is no doubt that he was a star of the age, which is evident from the many influential illustrators who came after him who were influenced by Aubrey's work, such as Harry Clarke, Alastair, John Austin, Kay Nielsen and George Barbier.

Unfortunately, Aubrey's genius illuminated the end of the nineteenth century, the era of fin-de-siècle decadence, only briefly before fading away, when his tragically short life ended after just twenty-five years. How did the rebellious, yet refined, monochrome artworks were drawn by "the Devil's younger brother" come about? Was his life simply the art itself? This book is a gem that presents the artwork that is most identified with "Beardsley" himself, revealing both the artist and the idea, through his life and his masterpieces.

This sparkling Tiny Folio™ edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's hand–colored engravings, graced with an illuminating introduction by Roger Tory Peterson that places Audubon in his ornithological and art historical context. Issued with the full endorsement and cooperation of the Audubon Society, the stunning Baby Elephant Folio — here reproduced in a miniature, gem-like version — was the first work ever to arrange Audubon's plates in scientific order.

About the Author:

Roger Tory Peterson established himself as America’s leading ornithologist with his best-selling Field Guide to the Birds. Like Audubon, Peterson received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Honor.

More than 1,200 years of Beautiful Book Design, now in one stunning collection.

The Book of Kells (said to be the most beautiful book in the world), Leicester Codex (the most expensive book by Leonardo da Vinci), Decorative Scripture in Middle Ages, Gift Books in the late 19th century, Design Books in the era of Art Nouveau & Art Deco, Penguin Book Covers... 

This is a complete collection of over 100 'Beautiful Books' in the world, printed with high-quality. Although the body text is in Japanese, the title of each book appears in its original language, and the complete book list including the year of publication, country, and the owner is written in English. 

A treasured book for book lovers, printings, and those who love classic culture in the West. 

Following libraries and museum have the books introduced in this book: Pierpont Morgan Library New York, Library of Congress, Washington DC, New York Public Library New York, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Wolfsonian FIU Library Florida.

About the Author:

Hiroshi Unno was born in 1939 in Tokyo. Unno writes on art, cinema, music, urbanism, novels, flower arranging and more. Unno recent titles released by PIE International - Avant-Garde Graphics in Russia, The Art of Fantasy, Sci-fi and Steampunk, Harry Clarke, William Morris: Master of Modern Design, The World of Mucha, A Thousand and One Nights - have gained recognition worldwide.

A beautiful collection of fantasy scenes from popular anime, manga and game creators

Have you ever imagined living in the fantasy world? Beautiful castles, islands floating in the air, a ride on an airship or resting with the fairies under a mushroom umbrella…

This is the second title in the “Everyday Scenes from Parallel Worlds” series. It showcases background artworks featuring fantasy worlds: celestial castles, pirate ships sailing through the clouds, retro-futuristic inventions, deserted architectural spaces, towns that have sunk under the ocean, an enchanted forest and a space locomotive that runs in neo-futuristic world. Featuring only a few anthro angels, dragons and other imaginary animals, attention is focused primarily on the beauty of the illustrated backgrounds.

The fantasy illustrations in this collection are beyond your wildest imaginings and will surprise and inspire all kinds of art lovers. It might even make you look at the world differently after reading it.

About the Author:

PIE International specializes in books for graphic designers, and high quality visual books on photography, art, and Japanese Culture (Traditional and contemporary), as well as manga and comic art, and more.

Artist List

SAI IZUMI / uiti / Ag+ / S.kaz / M.B / kukka / Noka Kurosu / K,Kanehira / kemlneko / Kenta Doi / saklmorl / FUJIHIKO SAWAI / Makoto Shiki / JohnHathaway / shirakaba / Sui / zennosuke / Soraizumi / soraha / Satoshi Takahara / Tami / Denki / Rui Tomono / nocras / PINe / Yu Fujki / fuzlchoco / mita kura / Monokubo / Yo Shimizu / Reishin / yish