Illustration

ITAP
Lecture 2
George
05/10/10

Key Principles

• Practice Within Illustration
• Inspiration

Illustration as any other practice is made up from key points which are research, practice, visual vocabulary, inspiration and audience. The point all hold a great deal of significance when exploring and understanding a practice.

Practice.
Within illustration one should be able to illuminate, exemplify anf demonstrate. It is important to gain a broad range of knowledge and understanding on various practices as it allows you as an artist or designer to progress and advance further having understanding other areas. A deeper understanding can be enhanced by constantly observing, collecting, studying and exploring the subject.

Marion Deuchars

Versitile illustrator who is capable of utilising a range of media to create unique and imaginable solutions.



Example of one of many or Deuchars published book covers. From this you can see that she has a great understanding on other subject areas and not just wholy on her focus, you can see the understanding of typography and the thought into the seemingly carefree compostion aswel as the use of inks to create some of the imagery. Her broad minded view on they way she works is portrayed through the desings of her covers.

The role of an illustrator would usually involve illuminating text, clarifying, elucidating text and narratvies and creating pictures in order to communicate. In order to be able to constantly do this as an illustrator for various works being able to be inspired and find inspiration is vital.

Inspiration.


Inspiration can stem from everything and anything, collecting, observing and drawing can also be essential when gaining and exploring inpirational sources.

Mark Wigan - ' Thinking Visually' 2003

'The ability to think visually comes from the basics , and being open minded'

'Visual research plays an important role in the creative game'.

The statements I agree with , inspiration is all around us and the smallest of things can have the biggest influences. Researchingnplays a part of inspiration as collecting things and having the knowledge and being able to understand particular subjects stimulates the brain helping the thought process resolving in creating something fresher. In order to create a create a solution, inspiration and understanding of ones practice is vital. This knowledge is what leads to a unique resolved outcome aswell as being open minded to all things around you and the ability to feel and be inspired.

Ryan Hughes

Constantly sketching, thinking and reading, Feeding various sources into his brain, allowing them to filter down to one elegant solution.

*example of work

Illustrators find that the notion of inspirartion derives from constant inquiry based research.