The definition of "illustration" in Ci Hai is: "refers to pictures inserted in books and periodicals. Some are printed in the middle of the text, and some are inserted in the page to supplement the content of the text or appreciate art. "

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

Difference:

1, illustration requires a higher sense of reality, such as animation scene production, biological animal illustration organ production, general scene creation, general character image creation and so on. Generally speaking, illustrations tend to be created in a specific category.

2. Comics have many uses, such as anti-corruption propaganda comics, financial product propaganda comics and love story comics. , including magazines and newspapers. Therefore, comics are more widely used and embodied than illustrations.

3. Illustration is mainly based on painting, with the purpose of appreciation and auxiliary understanding. Most of the same series are single paintings and sets of paintings; Comics pay attention to the content, and the content itself is a work, which can independently express the complete meaning of a thing. The appearance form is basically a multi-frame mirror.

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Classification and production of illustrations

1. Photographic illustrations: Most photographic illustrations are made indoors, and the background needs to be manually arranged to set off the main body. If possible, you can use a slide background. Their advantage is that they can meet the requirements of advertising creativity regardless of time, place and climate.

2. Illustration of painting: The most commonly used method of illustration of painting is ink-jet printing, which is a painting method that uses the air transport of air compressor to put pigments into the pen. It is characterized by no brush strokes caused by ordinary painting, natural picture transition and high application value.

3. Three-dimensional illustration: The production method of three-dimensional illustration is: first, make a three-dimensional work according to the advertising creativity, and then make a photo for the poster advertising screen. Poster designers and illustrators not only require good graphic design ability, but also have a solid three-dimensional foundation.

reference data

Baidu encyclopedia-illustrations

Baidu encyclopedia-comics