Handmade Illustration

767 Vintage Drawings

Escandell Joan

This book features an outstanding showcase of 767 highly graphic pen and ink illustrations of the talented visual artist Joan Escandell. Contemporary yet with a nostalgic retro flavour, this title draws on classic styles from various eras, evoking the particular mood and atmosphere of the old with an intriguing modern twist. This book offers a long-needed new perspective to the world of graphic design and illustration by showing a superb collection of timeless illustrations organized in different thematic areas. Accompanied by a DVD with all the images in high resolution: bitmap . TIFF files (1200 dpi), this book is in fact a royalty-free clipart library for professional practitioners, comic and design students as well as drawing enthusiasts at any level.

About the Author

Joan Escandell (Ibiza, 1937) is one of the most outstanding comic book authors of the 20th century in Spain. He worked for the mythical publishing house Bruguera (contributing to Captain Thunder among others), an iconic brand in the Spanish-speaking publishing world, where he was a prolific comic book illustrator. The prevailing image many Spanish speaking teenagers have from figures like Ivanhoe or Robinson Crusoe originates from his unforgettable drawings for the series "Literary Jewels for Young Readers" (Joyas Literarias Juveniles). Joan Escandell is also well-known in other European countries as the illustrator of the first eco-friendly series "Antares in France" (1975-1990) and his version of "He-Man" in Germany. He also contributed to Disney productions like "Cinderella", "The Lion King", "Hercules" or "Pocahontas".

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