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Dive into the unsettling world of anatomical art with Vault Editions' Morbid Anatomy: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers. This meticulously curated collection showcases a macabre gallery of the…
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Embark on a journey into the world of Albrecht Duerer, a Renaissance master whose works have fascinated audiences for centuries. This unique book is a comprehensive pictorial archive that delves…
Dive into the art of beautiful writing with The Essential Calligraphy & Lettering Reference Book, your ultimate resource for exploring the realms of blackletter, script alphabets, and the delicate art…
Embark on a journey into the magnificent world of Gustave Dore, a titan of illustration history. This collection presents 154 meticulously restored images from his iconic works, such as The…
Embark on a journey through time with The Dance of Death: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers. The Dance of Death is a visual allegory that is a poignant…
How to Draw Animals is your gateway to unlocking the secrets of drawing 40 amazing animal designs. This book has been created with beginners in mind, offering an easy to…
Discover the rich heritage of blackletter script with The Blackletter and Old English Lettering Reference Book by Vault Editions. This comprehensive guide celebrates the enduring dark allure and rich heritage…
The Sign Painter and Lettering Artist's Reference Book of Alphabets and Ornaments is a meticulously curated collection of 115 lovingly restored 19th-century lettering sheets that showcase the complete alphabet from…
How to Draw Tattoo Flash is your gateway to mastering the art of 40 iconic tattoo flash designs. This book has been created with beginners in mind, offering a step-by-step…
Greek and Roman Sculpture: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers by Vault Editions is a brilliantly curated pictorial archive highlighting the incredibly detailed work of ancient Greek and Roman…
Unlock an arsenal of imagery exploring the weaponry and armour used by knights, soldiers, archers and infantrymen from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Expect to find imagery of brutal…
Portraits of Men: A Pictorial Archive for Artists and Designers by Vault Editions is a remarkable exploration of 19th-century engravings, a treasure trove of inspiration for artists and designers alike…
Are you looking to gain access to hundreds of beautifully rendered copyright-free botanical illustrations to use in graphic design projects, wedding invitations and collages? Alternatively, are you looking for the…
Master the art of realistically drawing the human body with Drawing The Human Figure: An Image Archive. The Vault Editions design team have carefully curated this reference book to help…
This pictorial archive features a comprehensive collection of 327 images of snakes and other animals in the class Reptilia. Discover striking images of deadly hyper-venomous viper and cobra snakes, prey…
This pictorial archive from Vault Editions is a treasury of 453 engravings etchings and woodblock prints documenting European and British emblems, symbols, insignias, heraldry and coats of arms of the…
This pictorial archive from Vault Editions is a treasury of 540 engravings, etchings and woodblock prints documenting European and British emblems, symbols, insignias, heraldry, and coats arms of the 19th…
Botanical Art: An Image Archive for Artists & Designers by Vault Editions is a captivating visual resource for creative minds seeking inspiration from the world of botany. Delve into a…
Are you looking to gain access to hundreds of beautifully rendered botanical illustrations to use in graphic design projects, wedding invitations, collages and art projects? Alternatively, are you looking for…
This 2019 offering from Vault Editions is a brilliantly curated resource of downloadable copyright-free vintage avian anatomical illustrations. This pictorial archive features a diverse range of over 100 engravings including…
Are you looking to gain access to hundreds of beautifully rendered vintage medial and surgical illustrations to use in graphic design projects, collages and fine art projects? Alternatively, are you…
Are you a tattoo artist, graphic designer or illustrator looking for a comprehensive collection of animal imagery for drawing references or tattoo flash designs? Do you want over 600+ high-resolution…
Are you a tattoo artist or designer looking for a comprehensive collection of rare, tattoo centric imagery for drawing references and tattoo flash designs? Alternatively, are you looking for inspiration…
Do you want to make amazing artwork, take your creative practice to the next level and impress both your clients and peers? Read on.
Skulls & Skeletons, An Image Archive…
Vintage Anatomy, An Image Archive for…
This title features hundreds of exquisitely crafted 17th and 18th-century etchings and engravings of monsters and beasts. This pictorial archive features serpents, animal mutations, sea monsters, dragons, griffins, chimeras, bizarre…
Vault Editions invites you to explore the fascinating world of birds through our latest release, Birds: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers. This curated pictorial archive highlights the exceptionally…
Memento Mori and Depictions of Death: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers by Vault Editions is a brilliantly curated pictorial archive of images exploring arguably one of the most…
Would you like to access a treasury of incredibly bizarre and beautiful images to create dynamic and impressive collages with?
Cut & Collage (Vintage Anatomy Edition) will provide you with…
Ornamental Design: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers is an essential resources for all creatives looking to access a treasury of downloadable high-resolution ornate artwork from the 17th and…
Originally published in sets of 10 between 1899 and 1904, Kunstformen der Natur, known in English as Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel, consists of 100 masterfully executed prints…
Medical Anomalies from Vault Editions is a resource of 240 downloadable illustrations documenting defects, deformities and medical anomalies as represented from the 15th to 18th-century. It is a powerful resource…
Welcome to the world of Vault Editions and our latest release, Insects: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers. This curated pictorial archive highlights the incredibly detailed illustrative work of…
Gain access to 265 beautifully rendered copyright-free vintage botanical illustrations to use in graphic design projects, wedding invitations, collages and your own original botanical illustrations and designs. Each book comes…
This book features an extensive range of 17th and 18th-century etchings and engravings of skeletons, the Grim Reaper, death masks, ghosts, corpses and an extensive pictorial collection from The Dance…
This pictorial archive from Vault Editions is a treasury of 182 engravings and etchings documenting the folklore and fantasy art of the 19th, 18th and 17th-century. Expect to find epic…
How to Draw Tattoos is your gateway to unlocking the secrets of drawing 40 iconic tattoo designs. This book has been created with beginners in mind, offering a progressive learning…
Bizarre and Curious Inventions, A Pictorial Archive for Artists & Designers is a premium collection of hundreds of rare, high-resolution images from 19th-century sources for use in personal or commercial…
Cut & Collage Volume.2 will provide you with precisely what…
"Improve your ornamental designs and take your tattoo artistry to the next level with the Tattoo Inspiration Compendium of Ornamental Designs."--Provided by publisher.
The Tattoo Lettering Inspiration Reference Book is a resource of tattoo inspired typefaces showcasing each alphabet from A-Z that will take your tattoo lettering and hand lettering designs to the…
Angels and Cherubs: An Image Archive for Artists & Designers is a unique artist reference book featuring 159 beautifully restored etchings and engravings. It showcases angels in various scenarios, from…
Would you like to access a treasury of incredibly bizarre and beautiful images to create dynamic and impressive collages?
Cut & Collage: Sea Life will provide you with precisely what…
James Kale
This title features hundreds of exquisitely crafted 17th and 18th-century etchings and engravings of animal skeletons and anatomical diagrams. Each book comes with a unique download link providing access to…
Skulls & Anatomy, Copyright Free Vintage Illustrations for Artists & Designers is a collection of 180 high quality, digitised, anatomical drawings for use in personal or commercial creative projects. This…
James Kale McNeley
The author has written a well-documented book on the Navajo concept of personality…Holy Wind gives life, movement, thought, speech, and behavior and links the Navajo soul to the immanent powers…
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James Sudakow
Are you interested in baking someone into a process at work? Leading a paradigm shift? Or maybe you just feel like drilling down after a nice data dump so you…
