Problems encountered in illustration interview

With the advent of the information age and the development of modern society, the meaning of modern illustration has changed from a narrow concept (limited to paintings and pictures) to a broad concept. "Illustration" refers to the pictures inserted between words in newspapers, magazines, various publications or children's picture books that we usually read, collectively referred to as "illustration". Illustration, in Latin, means "light up". It was originally used to increase the interest given by words in publications and make words more vivid in readers' minds. In today's various publications, the importance of illustrations has far exceeded the foil position of "luminous words". It can not only highlight the theme, but also enhance artistic appeal.

Illustration is an art form. As an important visual communication form of modern design, it occupies a specific position in modern design with its intuitive image, true sense of life and beautiful appeal. It is widely used in many fields of modern design, involving cultural activities, social public utilities, commercial activities, film and television culture and so on.

Whether it is random graffiti or thoughtful creation, it is an example:

Illustration China Dalong: Illustration can be divided into artistic illustration and commercial illustration. Generally, pictures drawn for enterprises, products, publicity and decoration belong to commercial illustrations.

The development of illustration art has a long history. From the world's oldest illustration cave mural to the Japanese folk print ukiyo-e painting in the Edo period, all of them show the development of illustration. Illustrations first developed with the changes of newspapers and books in the early19th century. Its real golden age began in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, the illustrations just separated from art works were obviously drawn, and most of the authors engaged in illustrations were professional painters. Later, influenced by the school of abstract expressionism, they turned from concrete to abstract. It was not until the 1970s that illustrations returned to the realistic style.

The earliest illustrations in China appeared in the form of printmaking. With the introduction of Buddhist culture, they used "disguised" illustrations in the scriptures to publicize their teachings. At present, China's earliest prints are recorded in historical materials, namely "Dalagni Curse" published by Tang Suzong. The title page painting of King Kong Prajna Sutra published by Tang Yizong Xian Tong in the 9th year (868) is the exact date. In the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, book illustrations developed greatly. The application scope has expanded to medical books, historical geography books, archaeological catalogue books, daily encyclopedia books and other books, and color overprint illustrations have appeared. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it can be said that the ancient illustration art developed greatly, and there were book engraving industries all over the country. Different regions have formed different styles. The forms of illustrations are: frontispiece drawings, text illustrations, top or bottom drawings, paintings on inner pages or title pages, and cards.

The historical evolution of ancient illustrations in China can be regarded as the development history of printmaking. It is also the history of folk New Year pictures. It's just that folk New Year pictures became commodities independently earlier, which is the predecessor of commercial illustration.

The history of illustration in Europe is similar to that in China, and it was first used in religious books. Later, illustrations were widely used in natural science books, grammar books and collections of classic writers.

With the development of today's society, illustrations are widely used in various fields of society. With the increasing commercialization of art and the emergence of new painting materials and tools, illustration art has entered the era of commercialization. In the era of commodity economy, illustrations play a great role in promoting economic development. The concept of illustration has gone far beyond the scope of traditional laws and regulations. Throughout today's illustration world, painters are no longer limited to a certain style. They often break the way of using only one material in the past and widely use various means, which makes the development of illustration art gain a broader space and unlimited possibilities. In China, illustration developed late, but it can be traced back to its source. After the development of blackboard newspaper, print and poster layout after liberation, and the reference to international popular styles after 1980s, with the popularization of computer technology in the middle and late 1990s, more and more cutting-edge authors used computers to design illustrations emerged.

Shamekh Al-Bluwi, a Jordanian illustrator, skillfully combined fashion with architecture and designed a series of exquisite paper-cut illustrations.

Illustrations have found a huge living space since the birth of the mother book. With the development of technology and the needs of society, rich carriers are constantly emerging.

Application scope of illustrations

Film and television illustrations

Refers to illustrations appearing in movies and television. Generally, it appears in advertisements. Movie and TV illustrations also include computer screens. Now the computer screen has become the performance space of commercial illustration, and many graphic library animations, game programs and graphic tables have become a member of commercial illustration.

The form of illustration

Numbers, free form, realistic technology, black and white, color, using materials, photos and computer generation ... as long as they are "graphics", they can all be applied to the production of illustrations.

Expressive technique

Illustrations show the image of the product itself, a certain part of the product, the product to be used, the product in use, the product under test and control, the distinctive features of the product, the benefits that can be obtained by using the product, the possible consequences of not using the product, testimony legends and so on. There are three main methods of expression: photography illustration, painting illustration (including realism, pure abstraction, new figuration, comics, graphics, etc. ) and three-dimensional illustrations. Photographic illustration is the most commonly used illustration, because ordinary consumers think that photos are true and reliable and can objectively represent products. As a poster advertisement, the biggest difference between photographic illustration and general artistic photography is that it tries to express the characteristics of goods and expand the realism of products, while artistic photography tends to weaken some real characteristics of the subject in pursuit of a certain artistic conception. As a photographic illustration of poster advertisement, it is best to shoot with 120 single lens reflex camera. According to the requirements of different subjects, some commonly used lenses are needed, such as wide-angle lens, telephoto lens, macro lens and close-up lens. Photographic illustrations of posters generally use color reversal films to ensure the quality of printing and plate making.

Most photographic illustrations are made indoors, and the background needs to be manually arranged to set off the main body. Spare lining materials include woolen cloth, velvet, cloth, paper, etc. Of course, you can also boldly try wall covering, woolen linen and so on. , has been listed, and we can also use the slide background if conditions permit. Their advantage is that they can meet the requirements of advertising creativity regardless of time, place and climate.

Sketch illustrations have the author's subjective consciousness and freely expressed personality. Whether it is fantasy, exaggeration, humor, emotion or symbolic emotion, you can freely express and deal with it. As an illustrator, you need to digest the theme of advertising creativity and have a deeper understanding of things in order to create excellent illustrations.

The most commonly used technique for drawing illustrations is inkjet printing, which is a technique of drawing through a pen by using the air delivery of an air compressor. It is characterized by no brush strokes caused by ordinary painting, natural picture transition and high application value.

Comic forms are also common in painting illustrations. Comic illustrations can be divided into exaggerated illustrations, satirical illustrations, humorous illustrations and humorous illustrations. Exaggerated illustrations grasp some characteristics of the described object to exaggerate and emphasize, highlight the essential characteristics of things, and thus strengthen the performance effect. Ironic illustrations are generally used to belittle hostile or backward things. They satirize in an implicit tone to achieve negative publicity. Humorous illustrations reveal innocent and unreasonable things in life through insinuation, allegory, pun and other rhetorical devices in a well-meaning smile, so as to make people laugh and understand something from laughter. Humorous illustrations make advertising pictures interesting and make people accept advertising information in a relaxed situation.

The chart in drawing illustration is a very suitable illustration form to express complex products, such as the operation procedure of new household appliances, the cooking method of a new food, the installation of household combined appliances, and various collocation forms of children's building blocks. , which can be used to introduce the correct operation steps to readers.

Three-dimensional illustration is a very expressive illustration form used in poster advertisements, which is rare in China, but it is an inevitable trend from the development of poster advertisements in the world. The production method is: according to the advertising creativity, the work is first composed in three dimensions, and then the picture is taken for the poster advertising screen. This requires poster designers and illustrators not only to have good graphic design ability, but also to have a solid three-dimensional foundation. Another method of three-dimensional illustration is to express the three-dimensional image through painting, which is to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on two-dimensional paper. In a word, modern illustration is no longer limited to two-dimensional expression space, only two-dimensional expression techniques are not suitable for modern illustration.