The Art of Loish

REVIEW: The popular animator and illustrator shares her art and some fascinating insights into her creative process.

5 Star Rating

Our Verdict

Containing sketches, work-in-progress, early experiments and packed with beautiful art, this is a book to be treasured.

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  • Breathtaking artwork
  • Practical tips
  • Covers artist's process and evolution

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A freelance animator and illustrator from the Netherlands with more than a million Facebook followers, this is Lois van Baarle's first art book. But it's by no means just a collection of her work. 

This 156-page coffee table book, which began as a Kickstarter project, carefully traces this talented artist's process and evolution, beginning with her first drawings as a child, through to early digital experiments and student projects, and on to her present-day client creations. Her evocative portraits of wide-eyed young women in particular take your breath away, with a combination of softness and intensity that makes her style truly unique.

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The Verdict
10

out of 10

The Art of Loish

Containing sketches, work-in-progress, early experiments and packed with beautiful art, this is a book to be treasured.

Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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