What is the humanistic connotation of illustration art?

Visual culture is not just visual art. Any cultural style in which people can directly obtain information and interpret meaning through visual perception can be included in the category of visual culture. Professor Zhang Shuyu defines visual culture in his book "Introduction to Visual Culture" as: "Cultures that use image symbols as constituent elements and styles that can be perceived by visual perception as external expressions are collectively called visual culture." 1 Therefore, in addition to traditional visual art styles such as painting, sculpture, architecture, handicrafts, drama, and dance, mass media such as photography, film, television, and multimedia computer networks are also indispensable components of visual culture. These are the existence of illustration art. Because of this, I would like to make some preliminary discussions on "illustration art" from the perspective of visual culture, and analyze the impact of illustration art on visual culture from the perspective of the educational value of illustrations in visual culture, and the impact of visual experience on illustration art creation. influence. Looking at illustration art from the perspective of visual culture American cultural scholar Daniel Bell said when talking about "visual culture": "I believe that contemporary culture is a visual culture, not a print culture. This is absolutely true. "Correct facts." He also emphasized that "the nature of contemporary tendencies" is "the desire for action, the pursuit of novelty, and the desire for sensation." 2Visual culture has become the mainstream form of contemporary culture, which has a profound and lasting influence on people. More and more people are beginning to read from the perspective of visual culture. It can be seen that people's reading behavior is changing: from reading based on printed texts to interpretation based on visual images, which leads to reading objects, reading methods, Major changes in the nature of reading, as well as the psychological and functional value of reading. However, the gap between the new form of visual culture and people's traditional visual experience is puzzling. This is no longer a simple problem, but a problem related to people's cultural literacy and quality of life. We use illustrations to interpret Chinese culture from the perspective of communication. This is an important way to explore the change, reorganization and evolution of Chinese culture. It also makes the study of media and national cultural communication increasingly important. When it comes to illustrations, people often think of scenes like this: images in books and magazines, images in outdoor advertisements, and quickly drawn exaggerated symbols, cartoon characters, and various deformed symbols. Through these surface phenomena, we can find that illustration is an aesthetic product in the true sense. Like poetry, dance and other art forms, it is a form of expression that reflects people's inner emotions and is a personalized reflection of life. Confess. For example, Jimmy believes that "image" should become another fresh and clean literary language. In his works, he creates smooth and poetic images, exuding a soulful and charming style. Jimmy's story leads everyone who appreciates his works to see and believe in the beauty and kindness in the world. It also reflects every bit of modern life, so everyone can find a reflection in his story. and sustenance, perhaps this is the charm of Jimmy’s works. Another example is the picture book author Qian Haiyan, who is a famous young female cartoonist who has emerged in recent years. Her cartoons are humorous and playful, and contain a kind of spirituality and profound humanistic spirit. She observes life from a unique perspective, so in her writing, a few cartoon strokes and a few concise words reflect her unique life wisdom. From this we can see that looking at illustration art from the perspective of visual culture can also enable us to obtain the thoughts and states of existence represented by a certain era or a certain writer, and this form can better convey this kind of information in contemporary times. People in the modern era must accept and acknowledge it. The educational value of illustrations in visual culture. Visual culture has new connotations and development opportunities, and information culture has brought new breakthroughs to its own development. In such an atmosphere of the times, visual culture and information culture have begun to be highly integrated and interact with each other. Promoting, nature has had a positive impact on all levels of society, and contemporary education is no exception. It can be said that in extracurricular life, visual culture is everywhere, such as television, videos, the Internet, and various newspapers and books. In this real world full of visual images and symbols, how can students better understand and accept illustrations correctly? The educational value and the ability to obtain more effective information are directly related to students' development potential and the improvement of teaching quality. Text illustrations contain rich humanistic connotations. Based on the study of the text language, we further think about the text illustrations and provide guidance on the method of borrowing text illustrations to obtain information. This will help students understand this method. A basic understanding of visual culture has a guiding role. For example, how is the central theme reflected in the text illustrations? What information can be gleaned from the background of the illustration? How can you discover more information from the details in illustrations? What does this illustration do to impress the reader? On this basis, information technology is used to expand to multimedia resources or network resources for transfer training, and by comparing and distinguishing the differences between "text with pictures" and "pictures with text", the role characteristics of visual images can be grasped. For example, the illustrations in some texts, in addition to revealing the reference of the corresponding text language, also contain rich connotations. This is because these illustrations are not just the author's simple description of the text language, but the author's recreation of the work. In creation, the lines, light and shade, and position management on the picture are all imbued with the author's emotional color.

France's Jean Latelier once pointed out in the article "The Challenge of Science and Technology to Culture": "Image culture cannot be underestimated, especially moving image culture. Because they affect emotions through images, they have and will continue to have an impact on emotions." The profound influence exerted by the expression and value system." 3 Mr. Lu Xun once said, "The original intention of book illustrations is to decorate books and increase readers' interest, but that power can make up for what words cannot." During his lifetime, he illustrated nine novels including "The True Story of Ah Q". He said: "These illustrations are like putting a microphone on Mr. Lu Xun's speech to amplify his voice." Indeed, in a certain sense, It is said that illustrations are the artistic amplification of certain written language information and are irreplaceable that words cannot. Especially in the face of the information age and from the perspective of visual culture, text illustrations have acquired new connotations and new meanings. How to correctly understand the modern educational value of text illustrations is the voice of the times and the need for student development. The influence of visual experience on the creation of illustration works Illustration belongs to the art of painting and appeals to vision. In addition to expressing the unique fleeting shapes of surfaces and lines, illustration works often also express a certain aesthetic orientation of the creator. If a creator wants to enable readers to interpret his work well and make the interpreter have an emotional connection with him, he not only requires the creator himself to have rich visual experience, but he must also be able to correctly grasp the vision of the reader. Psychological schema, only in this way can the creator's works burst out with vitality. Of course, readers need certain visual experience when interpreting visual objects with inherent beauty and meaning in works, because visual experience is a visual psychological schema of human beings. Our visual psychology is not a blank slate. From the time we come into contact with the world, various visual experiences gradually accumulate in our hearts. After our processing and refinement, the various visual impacts of the world and society produce mirror images in some neurons of the brain and become our The premise for further accepting new visual stimuli - called mental schema in psychology. Heidegger pointed out: "The world image... does not mean an image of the world, but the world conceived and grasped as an image... The world image did not evolve from a previous medieval world image to a modern world. Images; rather, the world fundamentally becomes images, which marks the essence of modernity.” 4 Therefore, visual experience is not only necessary for creation but also for life. It can be said that today's digital illustrations can also be understood as a new variety of illustrations. Compared with digital illustrations, illustrations using conventional painting media can become "traditional illustrations." Digital illustration and "traditional" illustration do have a common side. The basics of "traditional" illustration such as drawing, color, perspective, and anatomy are fully applicable to digital illustration. I think it would be inconceivable for digital illustration to exist without the support of visual experience. It can be said that it is digital visual experience that creates the new art of digital illustration. But for digital illustration, technology alone is not enough. Technology is a tool to convey the artist's thinking. The soul of digital illustration comes from its artistry and visual experience. Visual experience only rises to the category of art when it is used by artists to create art. Specifically, artistry refers to the depth of artistic thinking, height of artistic accomplishment, and comprehensive artistic ability of the artist conveyed in digital illustrations. Artistic ability refers to the ability to realize artistic conception, such as creative ability, modeling ability, color ability, etc. It is an important reflection of the artist's artistic level. Visual experience and artistry are the most important parts of digital illustration. As William Mitchell said, "Image representation is affecting every level of culture with unprecedented intensity, from the most profound and subtle thinking to the most vulgar and superficial production of mass media." Faced with this being In the era of visual culture monopoly, the ancient art of illustration still exists and is popular among elites who adhere to critical realism. In their images, the depth of the picture is compressed to varying degrees, coupled with the flatness of large areas of pure color. Painting makes the main schema stand out, effectively enhancing the visual tension and appeal of the image. In addition, it is difficult for us to find a clear artistic style from their images. Mixed in their images are variations of various artistic styles such as realism or expressionism. The traditional painting style is no longer the standard for them to define their own artistic style, but only as a formal reference and reference to emphasize their artistic personality. What emerges from the images is more about their self-feelings about the times as individuals living today. The conceptual meaning in the image dominates the entire artistic process after gradually breaking away from the shackles of traditional illustration. Although their art has not completely escaped the categories of elite consciousness and social reflection theory, it has given contemporary illustrations a new description of the relationship between social reality and individuals. Illustration art From a direct perspective, vision is the most important way to feel, own, and enjoy life; from an indirect perspective, vision is the only way to feel, own, and enjoy life—indirectly feeling, possessing, and enjoying In life, visual experience can cover and replace all other sensory experiences, but all other sensory experiences cannot cover or replace visual experience. The deepest motivation for human beings' demand for visual culture is mainly determined by the basic status and important role of visual experience in human life. Therefore, the impact of visual experience on illustration culture is historical and profound.

Illustration art is a way of expressing value in the dynamic life of human society, facing new situations, and touching the future. It develops new forms of feeling for life, embodies new value resources for people's survival, and transfers them to the results of iconography and internalizes them. It is the ethical expectation and basis of survival for social individuals. Therefore, I hope that Chinese illustration designers can also expand their horizons and discover real creativity and inspiration through the confusing current situation. For visual experiences, we need to examine the cultural background and think about their possible connections, rather than copying them.