Basics Illustration: Global Contexts

Basics Illustration #4

by Mark Wigan

Basics Illustration: Global Contexts is the fourth book in the Basics Illustration series. Comprehensive and inspiring, the book is packed with insightful and thought-provoking commentary. It introduces the concept of illustration as a form of language and visual communication, conveying ideas, messages and emotions for cultural consumption. It looks at the illustrator as the inventor of imaginary worlds from folklore, legends and myths to the immersive virtual worlds of the Internet, such as Second Life.

Genres: Design

186 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Amy Ryalls · Rating 4 out of 5]

for course, very helpful with contextualising information

[Arti · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the book to look at the featured illustrations and get a perspective on the overall landscape...

The historical and ideological development of illustration provides an interesting context to view the potential of illustration in influencing the thinking of the day... and the narrative on folklore/myths, science fiction and virtual worlds shows the power of imagination and how it can bring to life imaginary worlds...

Just a casual read...