Illustration

Illustration is where an art piece, be it a drawing, painting, photograph etc, is created to give out visual information. Illustration has been used since prehistoric times in the form of cave paintings. Technical Illustrations are used to visually display information in a less complicated way that that of explaining through words such as Step-by-Step diagrams. 

In recent times, Illustrations have become significantly more prominent in the visual art world, despite being criticized by more professional artists as being less important than fine art and graphic designers. Illustrations play a big role in marketing many products, especially products geared towards children due to Illustrative art's colorful nature.

Graphic novels and Comic books are solely comprised of small panels of illustrations strung together in pages to create a cohesive story line and this form of storytelling has grown in popularity over the last few decades, serving as inspiration for many Hollywood movies.

Artist Research #1

Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese artist who was best known for animation and illustration. Affectionately known as "The Godfather of Manga" and "The Japanese Walt Disney", Osamu Tezuka has produced over 700 different manga titles and worked on more than 70 animated movies in his lifetime. His most well known works are "Astro Boy", "Black Jack" and "Kimba the White Lion"

He is one of the artists that has influenced and inspired the most not only in my own personal art style in illustration, but in the sheer amount of works he has been involved in.