Animals: 1419 Royalty-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc. (Dover Pictorial Archive)

This is a wonderful resource of copyright free animal imagery. I own several books of copy right free material and although there is a small bit of overlap between the books, the amount of material in this book that is not in other resource material easily makes up for it. This book does not come with high res scans on a cd like other dover or resource books so be prepared to scan (which isn't so difficult as the size of the book is pretty big and easy to get good detail). For the price and amount of material, I have not found a better book then this one.

This book is a mammoth treasury of animal and insect illustrations. It would be great for any art teacher or artist for realistic drawing examples or a starting place for fantasy creatures with realistic components. I love how many types of animals are represented. I used this book in an art class and had to have my own copy. I plan to use it in my own classes and for my own art projects. For the price it would be impossible to find a better book of illustrations.

My students reference the book more than any of the many books books in my library at home and in my classroom! Great illustrations.

I'm a relief printmaker, and I bought this book intending to use it a basic resource for inspiration. The pictures are sometimes limited in their use, especially if you intend to use them as they are. However, if you use them with some imagination, and redraw them, etc, they can be invaluable--not everyone has access to giraffes, or dogs, or cats, or bats, or birds, or whales. To use this book with imagination is the key. It is a resource.

Book has excellent quality images, though I did expect them to be a little wider spaced, the images are crisp, clear, fine quality pen and ink or etching style images - perfect for what I need for my project.

This book is perfect if you are interested in Ink Art. I have not seen a book that had so many ink drawings and so fine in detail. It's a must for anyone that loves art or is an artist. The price is ridiculously too low, this book is a bargain no doubt about that. Buy it worth it worth it and you wont regret it. There are some many animals from land, air, and water. The way these artist make everything look so realistic is amazing.

This is a book we had when I was growing up and I've used as inspiration and copying for art projects. Love that it has so many picture or different animals and in different environments.

This is it- this is the book you need. It is so commonly used that when an animal from this book appears in a painting or piece of graphic art artists immediately recognize it and chuckle to themselves. I remember a friend used an illustration from this book for the cover of a self-published book, he showed the book to a group of artists and every single artist immediately recognized the image. Pretty much every artist has a tattered copy in their studio, it is the book you need, if you do not have it get it.

Otimo livro, o conteudo ja fala tudo , mestre

This is such a helpful book on so many animals that you can just look them up and refer to it for artistic help when drawing up a canvas for painting.

Le stampe sono veramente belle, forse avrei preferito una rilegatura migliore e copertina rigida, ma per questioni di costi ho scelto questa ,É un’ ottima fonte d’ispirazione per riprodurre animali in svariate posizioni , molto soddisfatto

Una fuente de recursos gráficos maravillosa, para inspirarse y coger y ideas o para simplemente darse el placer de ver las imágenes. La calidad de la impresión es bastante buena, y deja ver muy bien todas las líneas de los dibujos al estilo aguafuerte. A mí me encanta.

I had been looking for ready-to-frame colour illustrations or a illustrated guide to bird, to use as art. This works out as less than a penny per illustration! The images are on either side of the pages, so aren't cut out, one-use images - it'll take a touch more work for me by photocopying them but I can use them again and again and again.They're really beautiful and varied, and the fact that they're black and white means they can be left as it, coloured realistically, unrealistically or with abstract splashes of colour. Love it!