Illustrations
person to prepare illustration copy at a pre-professional level-copy that is, however, often usable for routine purposes-and/or to communicate better with graphics spe cialists who will prepare the final illustrations. The skills necessary to take the fi
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This book is dedicated to: -
My Father, who once asked his son to draw a picture for him
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The people who once asked all the questions for which there was no book to turn to
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You readers who will use this book as the source of the answers you require
ILLUSTRATIONS
by
GrahaDl T. Richardson
Humana Press • Clifton, New Jersey
Illustration Acknowledgments Much effort has gone into the assembly and preparation of the figures and tables in this book. Companies that provided pfiotographs and drawings are credited in the figure captions. Companies whose products or services are graphicsrelated are also listed in the Appendix. Some photographs were made by Barbara Dickie of Insights, Alexandria, Virginia, and are credited accordingly. The airbrush work in Fig. 8-72 was performed by the Tag Art Group of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. All other tables, drawings, and photographs were planned and made by the author. A Pentax ME-Super 35mm camera was used for all photographs taken by author.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Richardson, Graham T. Illustrations. Includes index. I. Technical illustration. I. Title. Tl1.8.R53 1985 604.2 85-735
ISBN -13 :978-0-89603-096-1
e- ISBN-13 :978-1-4612-4992-4
DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4992-4
© 1985 The Humana Press Inc. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1985
Crescent Manor PO Box 2148 Clifton, NJ 07015 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ottransmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher.
Pre/ace Illustrations is meant to be a guide to virtually all types of informational illustrations used anywhere in education, business, science, and government. It was developed in response to questions from technical and professional people who had sought my help in preparing illustrations for publications, presentations, and reports. These people simply did not know where to begin in order to translate their data and other information into a suitably formatted illustration. In addition to answering their questions directly, I searched for a textbook or reference book to which they might turn when seeking such information on their own. Unfortunately, even the vast collections of the Library of Congress did not contain an appropriate volume; hence I began what has now become this book. The very few high school and college courses devoted to the art (and science) of illustrations are usually intended only for people who plan to become professional illustrators and graphics artists. Other students-those who later become professional workers in all phases of education, business, science, and government-receive very little, if any, such instruction despite their evident need for it in each of these fields. Naturally, one cannot be expected to know what one has not been taught personally or had the chance to read in a published work. This book is, therefore, an attempt to fill what I perceive as an enormou
