Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators and Creatives [Hardcover]

Richard Brereton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 4, 2009

Sketchbooks provides a revealing glimpse into the inner workings and private inspiration of creatives from the world of advertising, design, graphic design, fashion design, art, street art, and illustration.

Intimate and often unseen, sketchbooks document the sources of inspiration as well as the journey to final execution. They showcase ideas and how these evolve and change into accomplished works. Fresh and spontaneous, their style connects directly with current illustration trends.

The material is complemented by interviews where artists explain how they use their sketchbooks and how these relate to finished works. These, along with the sketchbooks themselves, will give readers a direct and unmediated insight into the process of research and creation.

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About the Author

Richard Brereton began his career in the London and New York art markets, before becoming a television producer for the BBC. He currently lives and works in London and is the editor of GRAPHIC.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishers (March 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856695824
• ISBN-13: 978-1856695824
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars more pizzazz than wow (o. k. ), August 19, 2010

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This review is from: Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators and Creatives (Hardcover)

Thumbing through this book was a little bit of a let down ,I have seen better books on the raw materials of creatives .Yes ,we are dealing with designers here ,it is a good book,but one I highly recommend is :" Inspired How Creative People Think , Work , and Find Inpiration " By Dorte Nielsen and Kiki Hartman ."Sketchbooks " Text is much more helpful ,showing different ways creatives get their ideas ,so many inspiring ways that they get them !The visuals are not too inspiring to me .I'm just one person.But if you want to read how designers get inspiration ,this book is helpful .