On the Shelf
Use VISION, the library’s online catalog, to locate books on illustration. Here are some subject searches to try:
For books on illustration and illustrators in general:
COMMERCIAL ART
COMMERCIAL ARTISTS
GRAPHIC ARTS
ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS
ILLUSTRATORS
For books on magazine illustration:
MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
For books on children’s book illustration:
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ILLUSTRATION
For books on illustration technique:
ANATOMY, ARTISTIC
ART TECHNIQUE
COMPUTER ART TECHNIQUE
DRAWING TECHNIQUE
GRAPHIC ARTS TECHNIQUE
ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS TECHNIQUE
If you’re looking for a particular illustrator, try both a subject and an author search. A subject search will yield books about that illustrator, an author search will yield books primarily containing reproductions of that illustrator’s work.
Many of the library’s books on illustration may be borrowed from the library. The following are some of reference books (which may only be used in the library) that are available:
Best, James J. American Popular Illustration: A Reference Guide NC975 B45 1984
Complete Guide to Illustration and Design Techniques and Materials NC960 C714
Contemporary Graphic Artists NC45 H67 vols. 1-3
Heck, J. G. Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration NC960 C7 1996
Index to Illustrations NC996 E62
Peppin, Brigid. Book Illustrators of the Twentieth Century NC978 P46 1984
Who’s Who in Graphic Art NC45 W5 vols. 1-2
American Illustration (Annual) NC975 A447
American Showcase Illustration NC998.5 A1 A44
Heller, Steven. Innovators of American Illustration NC975 I56 1986
Illustrators (Society of Illustrators Annual) NC975 A1 I5
Meyer, Susan E. America’s Great Illustrators NC975 M39 Oversize
Meyer, Susan E. A Treasury of the Great Children’s Book Illustrators NC965 M49 1997
Reed, Walt and Roger. Illustrator in America, 1880-1980 NC975 R4 2001
Watson, Ernest. Forty Illustrators and How They Work (1946) NC975 W3
Workbook: Illustration NC999 W67
Magazines and Journals
Use Art Full-Text, ARTBibliographies Modern, or Design and Applied Arts Index to search for articles by subject. The following is a list of magazines and journals available in the library that contain articles on illustration.
Airbrush Action
Communication Arts
Critique: The Magazine for Graphic Design
Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design
Graphis
Guild News (Graphic Artists Guild)
How
Inks
Journal of Design History
Novum
Print
Step-By Step Graphics
On the Web
American Institute of Graphic Arts - http://www.aiga.org/
Association
of Medical Illustrators - http://medical-illustrators.org/
Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists - http://www.asfa-art.org/
Graphic Artists Guild - http://gag.org
Illustration House -http://www.illustration-house.com/
Norman Rockwell Museum - http://www.nrm.org
Miscellaneous
Bud Plant Illustrated Books - http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm
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