Considering the frequency with which illustrators, artists, and commercial designers need a "pretty face" ? an attractive, appealing portrait of a woman ? it is surprising a book of this kind has only appeared. At last, here it is ? a handy gallery of women's heads, smoothly drafted in various poses and activities, all ready-to-use and royalty-free. Noted commercial and fashion artist Tom Tierney offers new designs in sharp black-and-white printed on one side of a page: feminine heads looking, laughing, talking, working, making up, playing, and just being contemporary. The cross-section of types, ages, and styles add to the effectiveness of this collection, as do the numerous frames and borders, the mirror-image repetition of most designs, and the same design repeated in different sizes. Use these profiles, three-quarter, and full faces to advertise, decorate, and embellish, or to stand as complete designs themselves.

347 detailed — often humorous — cuts from rare turn-of-the-century sources depict men, women, children reading at desks, the beach, in libraries, under trees; writing with varied implements. Also spots of ornate fountain pens, inkwells, leather-bound books, more; plus gallery of 20 distinguished literary figures.

Rich compendium of 381 royalty-free illustrations selected from rare 19th- and early 20th-century sources. Cats alone, in groups, with children, in costumes, playing cards, catching mice, singing in a choir, running, jumping, more. Add a note of antique feline charm to almost any art or craft project.

Here are 385 charming, royalty-free, and immediately usable drawings of children. Selected from rare 19th-century sources and coming in a variety of sizes, these delightful illustrations depict youngsters in many moods and activities — laughing, crying, playing with animals, reading, skipping rope, flying a kite, and much more. Also included are children from around the world: an Indian papoose, Japanese girl in a kimono, a Dutch boy in wooden shoes, and others. Ideal for adding instant interest to advertisements, catalogs, newsletters, and other graphic projects, this valuable sourcebook offers high-quality reproductions at an easily affordable price.

Intriguing archive of 96 black-and-white designs features the sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, abstracts, geometrics, and other elements that give Celtic art its unique distinction. Clear, crisp, professionally drawn motifs will lend themselves to a host of art and craft purposes. Included disc contains all designs in book.

Ready-to-use motifs for advertisements, posters, playbills, publicity releases, newsletters, and other projects.