Basics Illustration: Text and Image

The second book in the successful Basics Illustration series looks to the history of illustration for inspiration – from medieval manuscripts and hieroglyphics to the contemporary. It also examines the production of artefacts, for example artists’ books, graphic novels, posters, and handmade typography, stencils, graffiti, and fonts designed by illustrators. Text and Image looks at how to manipulate text as though it were an image and how to interpret and use the elements together.

Author(s)

Artist, illustrator and academic Mark ‘Wigan’ Williams graduated from Hull College of Art in 1982 in Graphic Design, specialising in film. Mark has a progressive multi-disciplinary approach to illustration and works internationally in a broad range of media and contexts. An early pioneer of trans-global club art in 1980s’ New York, London and Tokyo, Mark’s work has evolved into a multimedia archive chronicling the changing worlds of club culture and street style. For the past ten years he has also been lecturing in Tokyo, Hull, Derby, Coventry and Central Saint Martins in London. From 2002 to 2006 He was course director for BA(Hons) and MA Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts. He is currently Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Salford University.