This is a visual bible for fashion illustrators and graphic designers, giving an unprecedented variety of approaches for illustrating fashion with hundreds of stunning images. Illustrators from all over the world show a range of approaches, techniques and styles. With illustrators from Singapore to Italy, America to New Zealand, it is the ultimate resource for fashion expression. The chapters are arranged as follows: Introduction; Womenswear: seperates — knit, coats and jackets, eveningwear, couture, bridal, and lingerie; Menswear: Ts and shirts — outerwear, knit, casual, neckwear, smart, bespoke, and underwear; Childrenswear: babies — tots, juniors, tweenies, and teens; Youth Culture: music — clubland, tribes & vibes, street fashion girls, streetwise guys, and relationships; Sport & Leisure: gym — track, ball games, snow & ice, blades & boards, biking, and aquatics; Accessories: footwear — bags, headwear, eyewear, jewellery, techno, and umbrellas; and, Beauty & Glamour: grooming — cosmetics, make-up, and hair. It is an invaluable acquisition for students and college libraries internationally but it is relevant to all those involved in fashion and grahic design as fashion illustration continues its onslaught on today's media.

The world of design and contemporary illustration is one of the fastest-growing and exciting creative fields in the world today. Illustrative and decorative type is at the core of much of the work of both illustrators and designers. This important book showcases some of the very best illustrated typography in the world today. Over 40 of the most interesting artists and designers from around the world — from South America to Japan, Spain to Australia — are featured in this book, producing a rich resource for those working in design and anyone who loves good illustration. Their work shows a mixture of technique, from traditional techniques of drawing and watercolours, to collage and a mixture of Photoshop and Illustrator. Their typographical work comes in a variety of languages, but all the work has application as well as inspiration for designers worldwide. This is the latest in the hugely successful New Illustration... series and should be on the shelf of any designer or illustrator.

Following on from the hugely successful Big Book of Fashion Illustration, the Big Book of Contemporary Illustration covers the broadest range of illustration today from digital drawing, pixelated pictures, Photoshop fantasies to the traditional techniques of sketching and painting from over 160 international artists. With close to 1000 illustrations, the categories covered range from the technical, architectural through nature, people to fantasy, fashion and pop culture. This is an essential sourcebook for any creative professional or student and all those who appreciate the world's best illustration.