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From the publishers of Hi Fructose Mag. Some serious illustration talent (most fairly known already) packed into one great book. If you ever wondered who was doing what in kids toys this would be a good reference book. There are plenty of entertaining and interesting interviews as well, some from one artist to another, that give a quick look into the lives of emerging and already successful illustrators.


Mark Ryden


Brian Mccarty

Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2008

The intro in Juxtapoz Illustration says, "Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine was established to document the exploding lowbrow art movement." It represents that very well. The images are fairly raunchy at times (yes, raunchy) and its almost unfortunate because it can be a turn off to some amazing illustration but it is what they claim it to be.


Amy Sol


Mickey Duzyj

Beautiful book and worth the price. Illusive 3 has large pages, well displayed illustrations (that you haven't seen a thousand times in every design book already) and is thick (340 pages). This is one of those rare visual books you can leaf through 3 or 4 times and keep on the shelf.

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Franceso D'sla


Lesja Chernish


Kristiana Parn


Shohei

IdN is a great publication that exposes many artists, both online and in print. While I could never justify the cost of the magazine I thought the 15th Anniversary Edition would be a good compromise. It features a collection of artists "who have collaborated with us over the last decade and a half". It's a great collection of illustrations, some good, some bad.

I've noticed an upward trend in the cost of design books lately. I wonder how long the publishing world can sustain that. Whether or not this book is worth the $60 for inspiration, im still uncertain.

IdN, 2009

Super fantastic book with amazing illustrations.  Mail Me Art

How Books, 2009

What is it anyway?
It's a good question but maybe not the best book title (or cover for that matter). With that small rant aside, this is a rare book to find, one on illustration that does not simply cover the top 10 most commissioned illustrators in the world. That's whats nice about RotoVision, they manage to produce off key content for their design books while most other publishers continue to reshuffle the same award winning works over and over, year in and year out.

The gallery portion in the back includes a nice brief on: Serge Seidlitz, Christoph Niewmann, TADO, and of course Jeremyville.

What is Illustration, RotoVision 2009