This essential handbook explores the subject of drawingfor illustration in-depth, with an emphasis on drawing asa skill and fundamental language that every illustratorshould master. It aims to encourage students throughexamples and case studies, by showcasing the often-unseen world of draughtsmanship that underpins thefinished graphic. From book illustration to graphicnovels, caricatures to commercial design, it draws oncontemporary sketchbooks, projects and historicalexamples to make the connection between the practice ofdrawing from observation and drawing from imagination.Martin Salisbury sets out by explaining thefundamentals of this exciting discipline, before outliningthe basic principles of line, tone, composition and colourthrough inspiring examples. Different approaches todrawing including anecdotal, sequential and reportageare examined, to enable students to acquire their ownpersonal visual language. Interviews with illustrators alsoprovide invaluable insight into the creative process, asthey outline their challenges and motivations, and whatdrawing personally means for them.Packed with visual inspiration, this book featuresdetailed analysis of works by key illustrators from pastand present including George Cruikshank, Egon Schiele,Ronald Searle and Sheila Robinson through to LauraCarlin, Alexis Deacon and Isabelle Arsenault, lookingat their particular illustrative languages and how styleshave changed over time.