Clip-Art Book of Cartoon-Style Illustrations

by Dave Ubinas

Provides hundreds of cartoons that depict plants, animals, travel, antiques, education, leisure activities, holidays, foods and professions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0668058927
• ISBN13: 9780668058926
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: ARCO
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Resource and Reference

An excellent guide for the beginner or amatuer producer looking for some sources and a basic guide to techniques for making cards, posters, or anything on which they want to use public domain art -- a wonderful source of material to make your own coloring books for the children! Table of Contents / Subject Index / Section I consists of 1011 black and white drawings ready to scan or copy and use as is or color in, organized topically in 14 categories: National and Religious Holidays; Social and Commercial Announcements; Sports and Leisure Time Activities; Foods and the Culinary Arts; Circuses and Carnivals; School and Education; Trades and Professions; Flowers, Plants and Gardening; Antiques and Nostalgia; Toys; Travel and Geographic Landmarks; The Performing Arts; Pictorial Representation of Abstract Concepts; and Potpourri / Section II: 1. Supplies and Equipment; 2. About Lettering and Typography; 3. Layout and Composition; 4. Notes on Commercial Printing Processes; 5. Methods of Copying and Transferring Artwork; 6. Preparing Paste-Ups and Mechanicals; 7. Technical Shortcuts; 8. Studio Tips / Glossary of Terms Used in Art and Advertising / Publishers and Suppliers of Ready-to-use Art for the Trade / Metric Conversion Factors. Pages 287 and 288 have some sample title texts that can also be used.