Dynamic Black and White Illustration

Dynamic Black and White Illustration is a collection of illustration art by over 150 of the world's greatest illustrators--in black and white. All methods of black and white or "line art" illustration are covered including woodcut, scratchboard, pen, brush, dry brush, litho crayon, and computer art. The criteria for selection of art was that it be black and white--no halftone dots allowed--and that the work was bold. Tenniel, for example, with his scratchy though wonderful pen style, didn t make the cut. The work of this century s finest illustrators and cartoonists is used to demonstrate each technique. Franklin Booth, Rockwell Kent, John Held, Jr., Edward Penfield, Lester Beall, Lynd Ward, Lucien Bernhard, Virgil Finlay, Eric Gill, Albert Dorne, Roy Krenkel, Boris Artzbasheff, Herbert Stoops, Charles Dana Gibson, Will Bradley, Will Eisner, Daniel Pelavin, Elwood Smith, Art Spiegelman, and Steve Leialoha, are just a few of the artists whose work is shown in the book. Of course, I threw in my own stuff a few times but not so much as to make me seem too conceited. There is some great, rarely-seen and some never-seen art from private collections in this book. All of it is terrifically inspiring. It s also practically a How-To book of illustration styles perfect for the young cartoonist or art student.