The 17th edition of this popular index again presents a showcase of the most creative illustration work gathered from around the globe. Chosen by the artists themselves as the most outstanding examples of illustration art, the working mediums represented include acrylic, gouache, and airbrush, plus state-of-the-art, computer-enhanced techniques. 1,000 color illustrations.

Whether you'd like to be an art director or already are one, this book contains valuable solutions that will help you get ahead. This comprehensive, thorough professional manual details the set-up of the art department and the day-to-day job duties: scouting for locations, research, executing the design concept, constructing scenery, and surviving production. You will not only learn how to do the job, but how to succeed and secure future jobs. Rounding out the text is an extensive collection of useful forms and checklists, along with interviews with prominent art directors, relevant real-life anecdotes, and blueprints, sketches, photographs, and stills from Hollywood sets.