Animation department, what is illustration?

An illustration is a picture used to explain a piece of text. It is an image expressed by using patterns, based on the principle of unifying aesthetics and practicality, trying to make the lines and shapes clear and lively, and easy to make. Illustration is a language that can be used all over the world. There are many applications of illustration. In two-dimensional works such as advertisements, magazines, manuals, posters, books, and packaging, anything used for "explanation" can be included in the category of illustration.

The design is usually divided into characters, animals, and product images in commercial applications.

Character images: Illustrations are based on characters, which are easy to resonate with consumers, because character images can best express cuteness and intimacy, and the space for imaginative creation of character images is very large. First of all, The proportion of shaping is the key point. In real life, the head-to-body ratio of adults is 1:7 or 1:7.5, and the ratio of children is about 1:4. Cartoons often appear in the form of large heads of 1:2 or 1:1, so The proportions can make full use of the head area to reproduce the image and expression. The character's facial expression is the overall focal point, so it's important to depict the eyes. Secondly, the use of exaggerated deformation will not give people an unnatural and uncomfortable feeling, but can make people laugh and have a good impression. The overall image will be clearer and give people a deeper impression.

Animal images: Animals have been used as cartoon images for a long time. In real life, many animals have become people's pets. These animals are even more popular with the public as cartoon images. When creating animal images, we must attach great importance to creativity and focus on the anthropomorphism of the image. For example, one of the differences between animals and humans is that there is no smile on their expressions. However, cartoon images can give animals a human-like smile through anthropomorphic techniques, making the animal images humane. Using animals that are familiar and favorite in people's lives can easily be accepted by people.

Commodity image: It is an expansion of animal anthropomorphism in the field of commodities. Anthropomorphized commodities give people a sense of intimacy. The personalized shape has a refreshing feeling, thereby deepening people's direct impression of the product. In terms of the concept of product anthropomorphism, it can be roughly divided into two categories:

The first category is complete anthropomorphism, that is, Exaggerate the product and use the product's own characteristics and modeling structure to create an anthropomorphic expression.

The second type is semi-anthropomorphism, that is, adding hands, feet, head, etc. that are unrelated to the product as anthropomorphic characteristic elements on the product.

Illustrators often draw illustrations for graphic designers or directly for magazines, newspapers and other media. They are generally professional illustrators or freelance artists, with their own themes and painting styles like photographers. The professional sensitivity and desire for new forms and new tools have led many of them to start using computer graphic design tools to create illustrations. The functions of computer graphics software allow them to give greater play to their creative talents. Whether it is simple or complex, whether it is traditional media effects, such as oil painting, watercolor, print style or digital graphics, endless new changes and new interests can be more convenient. Done faster. Digital photography is the latest development in photography. Photographers use a digital camera to shoot objects or scan traditional positives into a computer through a scanner, then adjust, combine, and create new visual images on the computer screen, and finally output the positives or negatives through a film recorder. This new photography technology completely changes the creative concept of optical imaging in photography, with digital graphics processing as its core, also known as 'photography without darkroom'. It blurs the boundaries between photographers, illustrators and graphic designers. Nowadays, as long as you have the talent, you can complete all three tasks on the same computer. Illustrations are first divided into two types: CG and hand-drawing, that is, computer drawing and paper drawing. The hardware for CG is a computer plus a digital tablet and a pressure-sensitive pen, or a scanner can be used to scan hand-drawn works and then be processed by a computer. Software PHOTOSHOP and PAINTER are mostly used. Hand-painting generally uses gouache, watercolor, transparent watercolor, colored pencil, pastel, marker, etc. The corresponding paper used is watercolor and gouache paper, and the pens include gouache and watercolor pen. In the process of painting, we first pay attention to the composition, the main image of the picture, the tone of the picture, and the color matching. This is just a brief introduction. If you want to draw, I suggest you go to a bookstore and buy a tutorial. Give points. . Please,,, this handsome guy. . My little sister asks for points. .