Scientific Illustration: A Guide for the Beginning Artist

by Zbigniew T. Jastrzebski

Great tips and ideas for the artist! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137959311
• ISBN13: 9780137959310
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great text/great reference.

This was our text at the School of the Art Institute class in Scientific Illustration. The author/teacher was demanding and giving. He was the Head of Icthyology at The Field Museum in Chicago. Lucky to study with him and lucky to meet such an extraordinary professional. His book reflects these qualities. Zbigniew Jastrzebski was a remarkable teacher - one of a kind.

Excellent clear and concise guide to scientific illustration

I studied for three years with the author in Chicago. I recently picked this book up used and read it for the first time. I felt like he was in the room with me. The detail in his descriptions of how to render a subject are excellent. Clearly he went to great effort to describe in words what a scientific illustrator does when he or she works. I think this is one of the clearest guides for any person interested in materials and techniques of illustration. The only downside to the book is that the publisher did not reproduce some of the illustrations well. It was the only disappointment that I remember Mr.Jastrzebski mentioning regarding his book and I agree fully with him. Nevertheless the book is written so well it is worth it regardless.