_A systematic reference work for students and anyone who draws and illustrates, at every level of professionalism
_Based on three decades of practical experience as an illustrator and teacher
_All contributions are extensively illustrated
_With numerous illustrations, explanations, exercises, examples, and tips
How do images tell stories, how are they created, and how can the mind and hand come together in the creative process? Each image is as unique as the aesthetic intentions of the respective artists. The technical and craftsmanship aspects of HOW are just as decisive for the quality of an image as the content of WHAT.
In addition to all the methodology involved in representation, the rules of design, and the phenomena of perception, many other factors are important for convincingly told pictures. This book encourages readers to question the world with an alert eye, to abandon conventions and open themselves up to different ways of thinking and new perspectives and approaches; to dare to be playful and experiment—ultimately to throw all the rules overboard in order to find their own artistic individuality. The author's approach in this book is therefore less a step-by-step guide with formulaic patterns and more a focus on the inner logic of things, their connections and relationships, and the link between representation and design.
