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A Flickr set of book illustrations from the Center for Jewish History.  Includes 9 illustrations from Gustav Meyrinck's Der Golem.

A very detailed and well illustrated step by step tutorial for using the pen tool in Illustrator.

For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative Adobe Adobe Illustrator tutorials and Resources, so you can now rest assured that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done.\n\nDue to this phenomenally vast amount of vector packs, brushes, patterns available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artwork and to give it any look you want.\n\nSo in today's post, you'll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, brushes, patterns, vector packs, tips & tricks and .EPS downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community.d that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done.\n\n

Design and illustration work of David Plunkert and Joyce Hesselberth.

A tutorial for the pen tool in Illustrator with a link to a practice file you can download.

Books and their illustrations from Leonard Baskin and his publishing venture, The Gehenna Press.

Beardsley's illustrations including Le Morte d'Arthure, Salome and Yellow Book.

A more obscure selection of book covers, illustrations and graphic design surrounding literature.

From the site: "An English curate and the author of several books on religious subjects, Edward Topsell is best remembered for The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes and The Historie of Serpents. Born in 1572, Topsell attended Cambridge before becoming a clergyman in the Church of England. He published The Reward of Religion in 1596, and Time's Lamentation in 1599. In 1604 Topsell became curate of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, a position he held until his death. In 1607, Topsell published his magnificent illustrated work Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast. The book was closely based on the Historiae Animalium of Swiss author Conrad Gesner. In 1608 he followed it with The Historie of Serpents; Or the Second Booke of Living Creatures, which also drew on Gesner's Historiae. The woodcuts for both of Topsell's books came directly from Gesner's pages. Topsell authored one more religious work in 1610 called The Householder. He served as vicar and chaplain in various areas of England until his death in about 1638."

A blog entry on Kurt Schwitters in Spanish with some very nice illustrations - later stuff.

Very interesting collaborative project

This is some nice work. Many of the original Surrealists who first did these were also Dadaists. There are many connections between the Dadaists and the Surrealists. Some might argue that Surrealism is a logical growth from Dadaism. Check this link out: http://www.exquisitecorpse.com/definition/About.html

A set of photos from the early 1900s illustrating spirit manifestations in various formats.

An animation that illustrates the ornate structure of the Isafahn mosque in Iran.

A very large selection of mass produced and hand-made cover designs for cassette tapes.

Comic book covers from the 60s.