Handmade Illustration: 1000 Retro Style Drawings

Description

This title features an outstanding showcase of highly graphic pen and ink illustrations of the talented visual artist Joan Escandell. Contemporary yet with a nostalgic retro flavour, this title draws on classic styles from various eras, evoking the particular mood and atmosphere of the old with an intriguing modern twist. This book offers a long-needed new perspective to the world of graphic design and illustration by showing a superb collection of timeless illustrations organised in 27 different thematic areas such as flowers, landscapes, fashion, athletes, horses, historical characters, the human form for all those wanting to master the techniques of movement design. Accompanied by a free CD with all the images in high resolution, this book is in fact a royalty-free clipart library for professional practitioners, comic and design students as well as drawing enthusiasts at any level. 800 colour and b/w illustrations

The author, Joan Escandell, born in 1937 in Ibiza, is one of the most important comic authors of 20th century in Spain. Most part of his career he worked for the mythical publishing house Bruguera, very well-known in the whole Spanish-speaking countries, where he was one of the more prolific comic illustrators. He has collaborated with other European countries, like France with the series Antares, and Germany with his versions for He-Man.