Illustration Studio: Inking Animals
A modern, interactive drawing guide to traditional illustration techniques
by Sova Huova
This is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary.
I love this amazing book! It just triggered the creative juices inside my head, not much else is there, lol. There is so much in this book. The author shows how to make your own light box, tells you what tools you need for this book, gives you lots of hints and tips, and steps you through lots and lots of projects of various kinds. She explains and shows the different ways of inking a drawing. No same old stuff here, boring is not allowed! It all looks so fun and exciting I wanted to start right then.
Projects that are shown and described here are woodland animals, domestic animals, birds, exotic animals, and imaginary animals. Many of these are step by step and others are used to show different inking effects or other cool ways to use ink! Love this book. Really spurs the imagination to do more with ink. Great for beginners or those that have been around the ink well a few times!

Illustration Studio: Inking Animals is a fabulous book. I love the layout and process of instruction. I've done a lot of ink work as a technical artist, but haven't really known where to start drawing animals. I am so excited to get my hands on the print copy. It will be a wonderful guide for me as well as a great coffee table book that I'm sure will fascinate my guests..

“Illustration Studio: Inking Animals is such a fun and beautiful handbook for learning to do whimsical, original artwork of your favorite creatures. With creative prompts and exercises, to encourage artists of all levels to experiment and play as they learn. This book is divided into six sections: Introduction, Woodland Creatures, Domestic Animals, Birds, Exotic Animals and Imaginary Creatures.

“Illustration Studio: Inking Animals is such a fun and pretty handbook for learning to do whimsical, original artwork of your fave creatures. Talented artist Sova Hůová uses a wide range of creative and fun inking techniques and unique projects, with creative prompts and exercises, to encourage artists of all levels to experiment and play as they learn. Covers drawing, inking, and coloring techniques, exploring abstraction for expressive artwork, enhancing illustrations digitally with easy-to-follow instruction, and much more. Highly recommended!

Pub Date 04 Sep 2018

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster and NetGalley for review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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This book does an excellent job of combining both traditional and abstract drawing processes. The first pages provide an overview of different types of inking tools, a variety pens and brushes, along with dry and wet inking techniques. Later diagrams show the development of drawings of different animals beginning with realistic sketches, and progressing to stylized or abstract compositions. In addition to drawing several projects explore printmaking techniques, such as collage and linocut as well. This combination approach emphasizes skill building and drawing from observation as an important path to creative expression.