Illustrators on Creative Processes

An insightful and visually rich book about illustration and
the origins of creativity featuring the work of 26 outstanding
illustrators, along with in-depth interviews with each artist
in which they discuss their ideas, inspirations and creative
processes.

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In How Ideas Are Born, readers will find a treasure chest of
images by 26 diverse illustrators from 12 different countries
that the author has gathered, selected and curated for the book.
The types of images and styles vary, ranging from the childlike
and naive to the poignant, suggestive and truly masterly.
In addition to the 270 images, the book contains 110 drawings
and pages from notebooks and sketchbooks that take the
reader deeper into the nature of each artist's work. The visual
elements are complemented by revealing interviews with each
artist in which they discuss what compelled them to become
illustrators, their inspirations, and the research, methods,
personal philosophies and work processes that allow them to
transform a creative impulse or an emotion into an idea, and an
idea into a work of art. We learn about what drives and inspires
them as well as the origins of their ideas and creativity, from an
innocent curiosity about shapes and colors to the desire to share
something fascinating and wonderful with others in a unique
and original way. Contributors: ARGENTINA: Isol Misenta.
BELGIUM: Tom Schamp. BRASIL: Flavio Morais. CANADA:
Anita Kunz. FRANCE: Serge Bloch, Delphine Durand, Martin
Jarrie, Herve Tullet. IRELAND: Chris Haughton. ITALY: Simone
Rea, Valerio Vidali. JAPAN: Yoshiko Hada. PORTUGAL: Ana
Biscaia, Carolina Celas. SPAIN: Elisa Arguile, Pablo Auladell,
Pep Carrio, Jesus Cisneros, Isidro Ferrer, Manuel Marsol, M.A.
Perez Arteaga. SWITZERLAND: Fanny Dreyer. USA: Gary
Baseman (Los Angeles, CA), Katie Benn (San Francisco, CA),
Lisa Congdon (Portland, OR), Elizabeth Haidle (Portland, OR).