What is an illustration? What is the difference between illustrations and comics?

The explanation of "illustration" in "Cihai" is: "It refers to the pictures attached to books and periodicals. Some are printed in the middle of the text, and some use inserts to supplement the text content or provide artistic appreciation. "

With the development of modern society, the meaning of modern illustration has changed from the narrow concept in the past to a broad concept. "Illustration" refers to the newspapers, magazines, various publications or magazines that we usually read. In children's picture books, the pictures inserted between the text are collectively called "illustrations".

Differences:

1. Illustrations require more realism, and are used for example in animation scene production, biological animal illustration organ production, abstract scene creation, abstract character creation, etc. In general Generally speaking, illustrations are more inclined to create the needs of a certain specified field.

2. Comics have many uses, such as anti-corruption propaganda cartoons, financial product promotion cartoons and love story cartoons, etc., as well as magazines and newspapers, so the purposes and expression methods of comics are compared with illustrations. It's a bit broader.

3. Illustrations mainly focus on painting, and their purpose is to appreciate and assist understanding. Most of them appear in the form of single sheets and series of paintings; comics focus on content, and they are works that can independently express the complete meaning of something. The appearance form is basically a multi-frame split shot.

Extended information

Classification and production of illustrations

1. Photographic illustrations: The production of photographic illustrations is mostly done indoors, and the background needs to be manually arranged to highlight the main theme. The subject and, if possible, the slide background can also be used. Their advantage is that they are not affected by time, location, and climate, and can meet the requirements of advertising creativity.

2. Painting and Illustration: The most commonly used technique in painting and illustration is the inkjet painting method, which is a technique that uses air transportation from an air compressor to paint with paint through an airbrush. Its characteristic is that there are no brushstrokes caused by ordinary paintings, and the transition of the picture is natural, which has extremely high application value.

3. Three-dimensional illustration: The production method of three-dimensional illustration is: first make a three-dimensional composition based on the advertising creativity, and then take a photo and use it in the poster advertising screen. Poster designers and illustrators are required to not only have good graphic design capabilities, but also have a solid foundation in three-dimensional composition.

Reference materials

Baidu Encyclopedia-Illustrations

Baidu Encyclopedia-Comics