Illustration Books

The art of predicting earthly events from the movements of stars and planets has always been a source of fascination. Medieval astrologers, though sometimes feared to be magicians in league with demons, were usually revered scholars whose ideas and...

Discover a whole world of Kawaii cuteness to colour and make your own!Get out your pencils, markers and crayons and get ready to immerse yourself in the world of Japanese Kawaii cuteness and cool! The 124 whimsical and wonderful scenes, characters and...

A chilling collection of hand-painted artwork by Graham Humphreys featuring almost 150 new paintings. As home entertainment became increasingly popular during the Covid years, Graham found himself busier than ever. From DVD and Blu-ray reissues to...

Nineteenth-century women illustrators and cartoonists provides an in-depth analysis of fourteen women illustrators of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Jemima Blackburn, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Marianne North, Amelia Francis Howard-Gibbon,...

Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy) and Lemony Snicket (author of A Series Of Unfortunate Events) invent an entirely new vision of PINOCCHIO a bizarre and riveting new adventure through a beloved tale.An oversized slipcase art book elaborately illustrated...

Climate Inheritance is a speculative design research publication that reckons with the complexity of world and heritage in the Anthropocene. The impacts of climate change on heritage sites - from Venice flooding to extinction in the Galpagos Islands -...

For tourists and locals of Portland, Oregon, see and explore the Rose City as you never have before with this travel-sized illustrated guidebook and journal, all in one."Locals and visitors alike will find this a creative and invaluable guide to help...

For tourists and locals of sunny Los Angeles, see and explore the City of Angels as you never have before with this travel-sized illustrated guidebook and journal, all in one.Filled with colorful illustrations by Betsy Beier of WanderlustDesigner.com,...

Vanguard continues their trademark Definitive Reference series with Frazetta: World's Best Comics Cover Artist, a sister book to 2022's hit, Frazetta Book Cover Art.While the prior book by illustration and cartooning historian J. David...

A colour science expert's must-have colouring guide for manga and anime artists! Author Teruko Sakurai, Japan's leading colourist, applies her expert knowledge of colour to drawing effective anime and manga. Starting with the basics,...

The first English-language collection of the titular artist, "The Art of Sachiko Kaneoya" chronicles the creator's work and themes for nearly a decade, showcasing the monstrous, the romantic, and the mortal suffering of her subjects. Inspired by anime...

A charming little instant classic for all ages. For the first time ever, years of comic-book and MAD magazine creator, Wally Wood's never-published personal Christmas card art plus Wood's rare Christmas cartoons and comicstrips collected into one...

The artists in VISIONS OF NEVER are among the most talented, working in the past 40 years - the "artist's artists." Included works consist of both illustration and personal paintings, covering every facet of the science fiction/fantasy genre. The vast...

This, Vanguard's second volume devoted to the work of J. Allen St. John concentrates on the artist's full-color fantasy, science-fiction and adventure paintings for novels and Pulp-magazines for famous authors, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Williamson,...

Acclaimed monograph on the World's most famous monster portrait artist.Basil Gogos changed the face of classic horror with his film monster portrait art. Like a bizarro-world Norman Rockwell, he created magazine covers of Frankenstein, the Creature from...

Rachel Owen's hauntingly beautiful illustrations for Dante's Inferno take a radically new approach to representing the world of Dante's famous poem. The images combine the artist's deep cultural and historical understanding of 'The Divine...

Feather, Leaf, Bark & Stone is a book of poems and meditations with a difference. More than a hundred short texts have been typed onto small squares of gold leaf, then photographed. These pieces are arranged in a sequence which culminates in a...

Vanguard follows last year's hit Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta book by J. David Spurlock with definitive reference on Frazetta Book Cover Art.Frazetta is the revolutionary fantasy artist of Conan, King Kong, Death Dealer, Edgar Rice Burroughs,...

Discover, or return to, the world's greatest heroic fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta in this landmark art collection entitled, Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta. Frazetta took the sex and violence of the pulp fiction of his youth and added even more...

The Women of the World Calendar features 12 women of colour who are rewriting the rules. At a time when women are grabbing the spotlight, it's also the moment for a calendar that inspires the current and next generation of women who go against the grain...

Grandpa lives on a farm and likes to tell his grandson tall tales. There is no end to Grandpa's hilarious invention -- or to James Flora's comic illustrations. Here are just a few of Grandpa's whoppers! Grandpa is almost as tall as the trees. So tall,...

A Revival and Celebration of the Golden Age of Typography Any type user and enthusiast will doubtless derive joy from the letters and ornaments in Vintage Graphic Design, gathered from the rare and forgotten sources that authors Steven Heller and Louise...

The Wood Engravers' Self Portrait tells the story of the image-making firm Dalziel Brothers, investigating and interpreting a unique archive from the British Museum. The study takes a creative-critical approach to illustration, alongside detailed...

The classic Digital Art Masters series returns with another volume chocked full of brilliant digital art, image breakdown tutorials and unique, never-before-seen images. Digital Art Masters: Volume 8 is not your typical digital art gallery book. While it...

With a history tracing back to ancient Egypt where they were even revered as gods, domestic cats have not only gained the favor of humans by repelling pests, but have also provided us with endless companionship and entertainment through the millennia...