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224 pages, softcover, $34.95
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Adventurous illustration educators and illustrators in career doldrums will find
Illustration Research Methods energizing. Vitally, it provides a contemporary approach to the understanding and teaching of illustration that is, as the authors say, at a critical point of change. A companion to the emerging area of nontraditional “expanded practice,”
Illustration Research Methods pictures performance, video and installation alongside comics and editorial illustration, and upholds social engagement as just as important as the look of the art.
The book is visually appealing and easy to navigate, with five chapters (Authorship, Reporting, Crafting, Activism, Education) bookended by mini essays (Illustration Research, Illustration Futures). An appendix of practical tools and skills, such as how to chair meetings, get informed consent and conduct interviews, follows.