Illustration - vivid respesentation etc
Difference between communication + decoration
"Strategic image making, used within the context of visual communication to convey meaning or concept"
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| 17300 year old; Lascaux cave painting |
comms. w/ specific tone of voice
----> strategic aesthetic
Authenticity, craft, consistency, individuality = success
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| Marc Boutavant - "Mouk" |
functual visual symbols + individual visual aesthetic work together to make an explicit message whilst being able to to convey more subtle sensibilities etc
illustration - more contexts than ever! Contemporary illustration has the potential to overlap with many other communities of creative practice (textiles, model making etc)
How do we define GOOD illustration?
Good visual style, good concept, good application of technical skills? Has a big emotional impact?
- Examples of good visual styles that I enjoy.
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| Chris Ware, Building Stories |
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| Rob Hunter - Young Colossus |
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| Luke Pearson - Memory Place |
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Vania Zouravliov - Babba Yaga One example of Illustration that reached me emotional is the cover of the Batman comic immediately after Bruce Wayne's 10 year old child, and the then current Robin died. The image has the boots held in a spotlight, worm and messy the way a child would leave them straight after wearing them. You never see those boots empty in any of the comics, and the fact that they are obviously a child's makes the image more sad already, and with the Robin on top to relate it directly to the departed it is just completely heart wrenching to anyone who understands the context of this image. |
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