Book Illustration Fan Sites #3

The Art of the Bookplate

I have been thinking about illustrated bookplates this week. I have several for kids that you can download on my Fun page, and I have been thinking about designing more. So I thought I’d do a little research on bookplates and found this excellent blog, Bookplate Junkie. Like the other book illustration fan sites I have recommended here and here, this one has loads of wonderful images of bookplate art and design.

I wish people used more bookplates! I think they show how much a book is cherished by its owner. They are also a bit mysterious - when I find an old book with beautiful, old-fashioned writing on its bookplate, I imagine what that person was like, how he or she got the book, and what happened to him/her.

I am glad there are people like Bookplate Junkie, who care about these artistic little slips of paper that say so much with so few words.

Book Illustration Fan Sites #2

Prancing knights, geometric landscapes - I absolutely love this blog.

Thank heavens for people who are passionate enough about book arts and illustration to scan pages and pages of historic book plates and put them up on the web. If I ever need inspiration, BibliOdyssey is one of my first ports of call.

A fiendlishly interesting selection of work, nicely presented. Bravo, Peacay!