Art: Illustration

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Sales of comic books and graphic novels amounted to more than $1 billion in 2019. While familiar superheroes remain popular, a new generation of comics creators is focused on nontraditional characters. The Art of Comics discusses what today's artists are doing, how they attract a following, and what they are saying through their artwork.

A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future development Illustration is contextualized visual communication; its purpose is to serve society by influencing the many aspects of its cultural infrastructure; it dispenses knowledge and education, it commentates and delivers journalistic opinion, it persuades, advertises and promotes, it entertains and provides for all forms of narrative fiction. A Companion to Illustration explores the definition of illustration through cognition and research and its impact on culture.

Illustrated lettering is one of the most recognisable trends in design, but how do you take your work in this area to new levels and make your projects stand out from the crowd? Illustrator, designer and educator Marty Blake takes you through the craft of creative lettering: what you need to know about working with various media and how to incorporate image and text successfully.

For years illustration has lacked a strong critical history in which to frame it, with academics and media alike assessing it as part of design rather than a discipline in its own right. Illustration Research Methods addresses this void and adds to a fast-emerging discipline, establishing a lexicon that is specific to discussing contemporary illustration practice and research.

Available at the Seneca@York Library

Available at the Seneca@York Library

Available online.

Available at Seneca@York Library and online.

Available at the Seneca@York and Markham Libraries

Available at the Seneca@York Library. Publication ceased in March 2018. Available online.

Available at the Seneca@York Library. Publication ceased in March 2018. Available online.

Vol.25-40 available at Seneca@York Library.

Vol. 49-62 available at Seneca@York Library.