Name: John Coulthart Country: UK Job: Illustration and Graphic Design URL: http://www.johncoulthart.com/ About: Most of the time I’m designing and illustrating books and music products: CDs and vinyl. The books tend to be fantasy and science fiction titles, the music ranges from various forms of electronic music to rock/metal. Lately I seem to have done a lot of steampunk-related design using florid graphics and engraving illustration. In what passes for spare time I generally blog each day about something that’s usually art-related, and I’m also working on long-term projects of my own. Get inspired by: I find inspiration from out-of-print books, films, music, writers and web research. The web especially is an essential tool if you want to explore earlier styles of art and design. Many university libraries are scanning rare books and magazines which they’re making available to anyone interested. Magazines from the Art Nouveau era have been a great inspiration for me recently.