I need to replicate this picture. I can't use that picture due to copyright issues. But my client is insistent on using the idea. What are my options? [more inside]
posted by royalsong on Aug 27, 2009 - 27 answers

Our son is getting too old for the animals on his wall, and we'd like to do a space theme (rockets, the real planets, etc). We've found that by enlarging an image and printing it out on clear label paper, we can make murals using our favorite illustrations, either found online or in books (technique originally posted here). So, we're looking for cool illustrations of the planets, rockets, etc. Preferably with a Mary Blairish, 1950's feel. Any suggestions, either on the internet or book recommendations?
posted by ericbop on Aug 4, 2009 - 11 answers

I have access to free printing on canvas paper, so I'd like to find some high-resolution (100 dpi minimum) images of neat illustrations and unusual images to frame. [more inside]
posted by zoomorphic on Jun 5, 2009 - 12 answers

Help find me examples of printmaking in children's book illustrations! [more inside]
posted by heyforfour on Mar 9, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm looking for well-respected, academic research on the positive influence of illustrations in a learning environment--more specifically, when used in textbooks. Thought I would put the question to the hive during my search. Can anyone recommend some good sources?
posted by runningdogofcapitalism on Nov 27, 2008 - 3 answers

What's this fairly creepy illustration I saw in a book as a child? [more inside]
posted by adipocere on Nov 25, 2008 - 11 answers

So, is Curious George really a monkey? Can you identify what species of monkey or ape he might be? [more inside]
posted by mausburger on Jul 4, 2008 - 20 answers

I've recently become a fan of fiction books with immersing, at times overly detailed but precise illustrations, fold-outs, maps, ads, newspaper clippings. And they're part of the storyline, not just an oh-by-the-way illustration of something that's already fully explained in the text. The only ones I've come across so far are Eric Chase Anderson's Chuck Dugan is AWOL, Joshua Mowll's Operation Red Jericho and its sequel (these are literally overflowing with fantastic foldouts), and maybe even Hans Jurgen Press's Black Hand Gang books. Although Chuck Dugan is AWOL and the Black Hand Gang books don't have foldouts and maps, they nonetheless have illustrations just stuffed full of detail, and on nearly every page too! Surely there are plenty of others in the same line? Help, summer is here and I must read/see/devour them all. [more inside]
posted by Xere on Jun 13, 2008 - 9 answers

Is there a name for Satoshi Kitamura's art style in Creepy Crawly Song Book? [more inside]
posted by johnofjack on May 15, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm trying to design an invitation to a combined housewarming/40th birthday party (two separate people) and I want some pictures on the invitation which are in the style of 'sophisticated' but also kind of naiive late 50's/early 60's illustrations/cartoons but I'll be damned if I can google search what I'm looking for. Can you help? [more inside]
posted by h00py on Apr 25, 2008 - 7 answers

Massive, gorgeous book of illustrated biological species and specimens, possibly Victorian-era, found at Z Gallerie a year or so ago -- help! [more inside]
posted by changeling on Jan 16, 2008 - 8 answers

Does anyone recognize what book this illustration is from? It looks pretty old. Hopefully in the public domain.
posted by Charlie Lesoine on Jul 26, 2007 - 13 answers

Help me find a series of illustrated children's hardcover books from the 70s/80s about the upcoming technologies of "The Future" [more inside]
posted by Ryvar on Jul 10, 2007 - 11 answers

I am doing some research for a paper and have been looking at old medical illustrations. In many of these they have drawn a lizard, and sometimes a fish suspended from the ceiling by a cord. They are hanging from their neck as well as their tail so that they are hanging the way they would look if they were on land ( or in the water). Why did they draw these? Were they an everyday decoration in those times? Did they signify something medical?
posted by haikuku on Mar 19, 2007 - 16 answers

Cryptozoology question! [more inside]
posted by hermitosis on Feb 21, 2007 - 12 answers

Dinosaurs - old drawings, illustrations, etchings of [more inside]
posted by turbanhead on Dec 5, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm trying to locate a book I loved as a child. Help! There's... [more inside]
posted by lucyleaf on Aug 28, 2006 - 10 answers

Looking for forum or community for people who, for want of a better term, do illustrations (of mainly cartoony type things a la Pictoplasma, www.zeloot.nl, Los Logos, etc) in Adobe Illustrator or similar. [more inside]
posted by aqueousdan on Jul 5, 2006 - 3 answers

I found this page of Russian illustrations from films via Kottke this morning, and am curious if anyone can help identify the films. Some are obvious (The Terminator, Spiderman, LOTR, The Matrix) others less so...
posted by jonson on Jul 5, 2006 - 21 answers

Where on the internet are the best places to get information about new web exhibitions from the repositories of the world? [more inside]
posted by peacay on Nov 16, 2005 - 0 answers

Inspired by this question, does anyone remember an illustrated, sci-fi book that came out about 15-20 years ago, which consisted mostly of possible forms that human evolution would take, and full-colour illustrations of what these future humans would look like? [more inside]
posted by Big Fat Tycoon on Jun 13, 2005 - 3 answers

Any recommendations for a book on knots? [MI] [more inside]
posted by thewittyname on Dec 31, 2004 - 14 answers

I am looking for either books or online resources for Bayeux Tapestry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry - style illustrations (or any other book/site that depicts depict medieval life.) So far, the illustrations on the web are of relatively small size or poor quality.
posted by turbanhead on Dec 10, 2004 - 4 answers