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Find Insight and Inspiration for Your Creative Life
An artist's journal is packed with sketches and captions; some rough, some polished. The margins sometimes spill over with hurriedly scrawled shopping lists and phone numbers. The cover may be travel-worn and the pages warped from watercolors. Open the book, and raw creativity seeps from each color and line. The intimacy and freedom on its pages are almost like being inside the artist's mind: You get a direct window into risks, lessons, mistakes, and dreams.
The private worlds of these visual journals are exactly what you'll find inside "An Illustrated Life." This book offers a sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of 50 top illustrators, designers and artists. Included are sketchbook pages from R. Crumb, Chris Ware, James Jean, James Kochalka, and many others. In addition, author Danny Gregory has interviewed each artist and shares their thoughts on living the artistic life through journaling.
Watch artists - through words and images - record the world they see and craft the world as they want it to be. The pages of "An Illustrated Life" are sometimes startling, sometimes endearing, but always inspiring. Whether you're an illustrator, designer, or simply someone searching for inspiration, these pages will open a whole new world to you.
About the Author
Danny Gregory has lived all over the world from Australia to Pakistan. He is currently Executive Creative Director of ad agecy McGarry Bowen. His visual journaling Yahoo group has more than 2,300 members and his Everyday Matters blog receives thousands of visitors a month.
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83 of 84 people found the following review helpful
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When I was searching for information about the book, I found a lot of positive reviews. And I really mean A LOT. It's one thing that a book is well liked. It's another when it's so well liked people are actually talking about it.
An Illustrated Life is a compilation of sketchbook pages from 50 illustrators all over the world. Each journal is packed with sketches, captions and a narrative as the artist talks about his sketchbook. At 266 pages, some of the scans are a little small if you want to read the writings. One reader I found bought a magnifying glass just to make sure every detail isn't missed.
Every page is a surprise, every page is a discovery, a glimpse of what the artists is thinking, seeing and feeling. It's the perfect book to go to when you're looking inspiration and motivation.
Most artists have their websites listed. It's another avenue for exploration. Jjust to name some, they are R. Crumb, Christoph Niemann, James Jean, Peter Ankle, Cathy Johnson, James Kochalka, Brody Neuenschwander, Chris Ware, Stefan Sagmeister etc.
Danny Gregory has published a truly wonderful book. I really love it. It's well worth every single cent.
There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
An Illustrated Life is a compilation of sketchbook pages from 50 illustrators all over the world. Each journal is packed with sketches, captions and a narrative as the artist talks about his sketchbook. At 266 pages, some of the scans are a little small if you want to read the writings. One reader I found bought a magnifying glass just to make sure every detail isn't missed.
Every page is a surprise, every page is a discovery, a glimpse of what the artists is thinking, seeing and feeling. It's the perfect book to go to when you're looking inspiration and motivation.
Most artists have their websites listed. It's another avenue for exploration. Jjust to name some, they are R. Crumb, Christoph Niemann, James Jean, Peter Ankle, Cathy Johnson, James Kochalka, Brody Neuenschwander, Chris Ware, Stefan Sagmeister etc.
Danny Gregory has published a truly wonderful book. I really love it. It's well worth every single cent.
There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being a regular viewer of Danny Gregory's Blog, plus an owner of his
other published works, I was really looking forward to this, and the first thing that hit me when it arrived, was the size of it...
...it's a BIG book, but you are not disappointed when you open it. Its a wonderful insight into the journals and sketchbooks of a wide variety of very different artists. Printed on lovely uncoated stock, the illustrations and editorials throughout provide hours of enjoyment. I cant stop picking it up!
other published works, I was really looking forward to this, and the first thing that hit me when it arrived, was the size of it...
...it's a BIG book, but you are not disappointed when you open it. Its a wonderful insight into the journals and sketchbooks of a wide variety of very different artists. Printed on lovely uncoated stock, the illustrations and editorials throughout provide hours of enjoyment. I cant stop picking it up!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book after searching through many that could possibly help me get back into the 'sketchbook habit'. I am planning to apply to an uni art course next year (as a mature student)and really wanted some inspiration of how to set out my sketchbooks to include as part of a portfolio.
This book isnt about your normal sketchbooks i.e. the one-drawing-per-page type from back at school, but more so the journal kind where anything and everything is recorded; pen and pencil thumbnails whilst commuting, collage using bus tickets and receipts, diary entries experimenting with different fonts - you name it. The artists in this book have taken journaling to the next level with excellent sketches from observation and memory, as well as lots of imaginative bits and pieces (one artist visually records their dreams).
Although the majority of artists in the book have had formal art training, a handful are self taught and are doing extremely well with their art. It shows that there is no hard and fast rule as to how you should keep a sketchbook, and to say I flew out of my chair to start drawing straight away would be an understatement!!
I am so pleased I bought this book, and since then I have been recording events from my day visually every day in my sketchbook. I think that by the time I come to apply to art school, I shall have a good few books full up with some (hopefully) impressive and unique pages. You will get all manner of ideas from this book, and it is one that you can dip into time and again - highly recommended!!!
This book isnt about your normal sketchbooks i.e. the one-drawing-per-page type from back at school, but more so the journal kind where anything and everything is recorded; pen and pencil thumbnails whilst commuting, collage using bus tickets and receipts, diary entries experimenting with different fonts - you name it. The artists in this book have taken journaling to the next level with excellent sketches from observation and memory, as well as lots of imaginative bits and pieces (one artist visually records their dreams).
Although the majority of artists in the book have had formal art training, a handful are self taught and are doing extremely well with their art. It shows that there is no hard and fast rule as to how you should keep a sketchbook, and to say I flew out of my chair to start drawing straight away would be an understatement!!
I am so pleased I bought this book, and since then I have been recording events from my day visually every day in my sketchbook. I think that by the time I come to apply to art school, I shall have a good few books full up with some (hopefully) impressive and unique pages. You will get all manner of ideas from this book, and it is one that you can dip into time and again - highly recommended!!!
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what an illustrated life indeed..
i so love, love, love this book. i am so inspired, that even though i'm a beginner,
i see so much one can do to express myself in every page of my journal. Read more
i see so much one can do to express myself in every page of my journal. Read more
Published 1 month ago by christine ramos
NOT for kids
I'm not sure why I thought this was ok for kids, but it's really not. Or, I should say, it is not for young kids, and would certainly provide some interesting conversation fodder... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sorcha
Nice reference book for an illustrator
I bought this for my bro who is studying illustration and he loved it as it featured some of his favourite illustrators. Delivery was good and packaging was durable. 10/10
Published 3 months ago by DanV3185
brilliant and inspirational
i recieved this book for christmas, and it is the best book i have ever read! it is so inspirational, it shows you the secret journals of other illustrators and artists, their... Read more
Published 4 months ago by helz89
I love this book!
Incredible inspiring book. A must have for future illustrators! Also excellent for artist references and a great insight into what goes on in their heads when they draw. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Littleowl
Drawing Inspiration From Life! AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE: DRAWING...
I've never seen a book like this before! These are a collection of private entries from the diary/journals of artists from around the world. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Andre Lawrence
Lovely Gift
I wanted to buy a gift for a friend at work who was leaving to be an illustrator & chose this book from previous reviews. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Shoelace
An Illustrated Life is SO inspirational
Just to say that I bought this from a local independent book shop last Friday and I've nearly finished reading it, it is one of the most inspiring 'art' books I've read. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Miss S. J. Peacock
Brilliant source of Inspiration
It is really inspiring, not only because of the beatiful illustrations and sketches but also because of the stories of every single book, I would definitely recommend it!
Published 11 months ago by Raśl Casquet
A stunning and inspiring book!!
What a great book!! It arrived in the post and as soon as I ripped off the packaging I knew I was in for a treat - the book is much bigger than I was expecting, and on the first... Read more
Published 15 months ago by awendybird
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