What does illustration mean?

Illustrations, also known as illustrations, refer to pictures that are inserted in the middle of text in books, periodicals, newspapers, etc. to help explain the content, and serve as supplementary explanation or artistic appreciation to the text. Chinese textbook illustrations

Types of illustrations:

1. Photographic illustrations

Photographic illustrations are the most commonly used illustrations. They usually use photos of real objects directly. The most objective representation of physical objects. Such as animals, plants and other popular science books illustrations.

2. Painting Illustrations

There are many types of painting illustrations, including realistic, abstract, figurative, comic-cartoon, diagrammatic, etc. In painting illustrations, we often use comics and cartoons. The advantage of this form of expression is that it can capture certain characteristics of the described object to exaggerate and emphasize them, highlighting the essential characteristics of the thing, thereby enhancing the performance effect. In addition, painting illustrations are often used to illustrate complex things, such as instructions for using household appliances.

The functions of illustrations:

1. Use diagrams to display the content of the text, which is vivid, intuitive and clear at a glance;

2. Supplement the text. ;

3. Be able to express complex scientific and technological issues and reduce text description;

4. Beautify the layout with both text and pictures.