Picture this: The biggest players in the highly competitive field of illustration. Culled from our Illustration Now series is this selection of today's most successful and important illustrators from around the globe. In his introduction, Steven Heller fleshes out the challenging process of narrowing down a field of 600 illustrators to a selection of the 100 most significant. The final cut, including artists such as Istvan Banyai, Gary Baseman, Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Brad Holland, Mirko Ilic, Anita Kunz, and Christoph Niemann, provides a snapshot of the highly dynamic and diverse world of contemporary illustration. Features include: a profile text about each illustrator by Steve Heller; lists of selected exhibitions and publications; illustrators' quotes about his/her work; and a self-portrait by each illustrator.设想一下:在插画这个高度竞争领域里的最好的插画家。现代插画系列挑选的是当今世界全球最成功的和最重要的插画家。在介绍中,史蒂文·海勒详述了将600位插画家缩减为最重要的100位的过程中的挑战。最后的削减,包括艺术家如伊斯特万·巴尼亚伊,西摩•切瓦斯特,保罗·戴维斯,布拉德•霍兰德,迈克·尼可,安妮塔.库恩兹,克里斯托夫.尼曼,并为世界当代插画提供了一个高度动态和多样化的快照。内容主要包括:史蒂夫·海勒关于每位插画家的概要简介;展览和出版物列表;插画家关于他/她的作品的引用;每位插画家的自画像。