Illustrators on Creative Processes

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).