Is illustration a traditional culture in China? Illustration is commonly known as illustration in China. Nowadays, the popular commercial illustrations in foreign markets include publications with pictures, cartoon mascots, movie posters, game characters and artistic scene design built into games, advertisements, cartoons, picture books, greeting cards, calendars, decorative paintings, packaging and other forms. Virtual objects and related visual applications that extend to the current network and mobile phone platforms. Illustration is an art form. As an important visual communication form of modern design, it occupies a specific position in modern design with its intuitive image, true sense of life and beautiful appeal. It is widely used in many fields of modern design, involving cultural activities, social undertakings, commercial activities, film and television culture and so on. No matter whether you doodle at will or create with your heart, it is an illustration: Illustration China Dalong: Illustration can be divided into artistic illustration and commercial illustration. Generally, pictures drawn for enterprises, products, publicity and decoration belong to commercial illustrations. What are the artistic styles of illustration? 1. Plane illustration. Graphic illustration is more general, because it is simple and intuitive, which weakens the details and perspective, and the recognition and accessibility are relatively faster, which meets the aesthetic requirements of young people for cuteness and cuteness, and is the easiest technique to make the picture show the overall effect; Usually, regular geometric figures or irregular vector figures are used to retain the original recognition form of the object, and with large color blocks, simple figures are used to make the main form more abstract or simplified, which has a wide range of Applications, such as posters, packaging, banner, app splash screen, game interface and so on. 2. Gradient illustrations. Gradient illustrations are characterized by a large number of gradient techniques with low saturation, and the colors are generally similar; Its rich and delicate details, realistic picture style and steady visual atmosphere make the picture have great visual impact and layering. Among them, gradient illustration is subdivided into two-color gradient, translucent gradient, grid gradient, gradient blur and other forms. 3.MBE illustration. This illustration style is characterized by simplicity, roundness and cuteness. Generally, there are design styles of extra-thick dark lines, Q cartoon images, round lines and vector lines+surfaces. The overall tone is fresh and lovely, which is generally used to remind icons and blank interfaces. 4. Texture illustrations. Texture illustration is generally based on plane painting, and finally incorporates texture effect, and finally presents a picture with texture and light and shadow effect; This painting method generally does not draw lines, and most of them distinguish each element by the brightness of color blocks; By adding texture, noise, etc. , can increase the level and three-dimensional sense of illustration, and can effectively depict the details of the work; Give people a very simple feeling, more relaxed and casual; The graininess in the texture increases the details of the picture, making it more attractive and personalized. 5. Three-dimensional illustration. Three-dimensional illustration can express three-dimensional things in two-dimensional space, bring perspective and space to the picture, and convey information better. 6. Illustration of strokes. Stroke illustration can be simply understood as the combination of many lines, planes and icons, which echo each other to form a big picture, and many strokes are processed; Use lines and brush strokes more, and the overall picture is clean and tidy, which is often used in H5/App. ; Pay attention to the contrast of stroke thickness when daubing to measure whether it conforms to the routine. 7. Paper-cut illustrations. Paper-cut style illustration is to make illustrations with paper-cuts, and superimpose layered paper-cuts to create different contents. Compared with traditional graphic illustration, paper-cut illustration can make the picture more layered and stereoscopic, and the form is more novel and interesting. 8. National tide illustration. In recent years, the tide of the country has been highly respected. In short, the national tide is based on China's culture and tradition, blending fashion, style and tone. It is a collision between traditional and modern cultural thoughts, and it is also a dripping display of oriental aesthetics. Therefore, illustration combines the national tide culture, accelerates the spread of pictures and has a sense of fashion; At the same time, it also gives the brand more symbols and cultural values. Brands can take this opportunity to show their infinite charm and marketing potential in generate. 9. Light and shadow illustrations. Light and shadow illustration can combine light and shadow to set off the atmosphere of the picture to the extreme, which is a perfect collision between imagination and reality. Through the change of light and shade levels, the vision is more stereoscopic, thus forming a stereoscopic image, making the picture more attractive and visually spatial. 10. Hand-painted illustrations. Hand-drawn illustration is one of the most primitive illustration methods, which tests the creator's body and painting skills; By using hand-painted textures and graphics to convey emotions intuitively, art design language can make the audience accept emotions more directly, with intuitive images, real sense of life, rapid emotional appeal and more human touch than other illustration forms. Mostly used in art activities or animation poster design, the overall publicity is casual, with a strong atmosphere of life and great affinity. What is illustration? Illustration, also known as illustration, is an illustration drawn by hand-drawing, mouse drawing and computer drawing. Because of its wide use and different styles, the film and television animation game industry is called CG illustration, which is widely used in design industry and film and television animation game industry.

Illustrations use pictures to express vividness, life and appeal. The main difference from graphic design can be simply understood as "illustration highlights the story rather than attracting attention". Illustration is also an artistic form of visual expression, which mainly includes photography/painting/three-dimensional illustration. Illustration has a special position in the art field and is closely related to the publishing industry. Both e-books and physical books are needed, and there are also employment opportunities in other fields, such as music/movies/media.

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Common tools for illustration:

1. Hand-painted illustrations are drawn with paper and pen-common tools: marker, colored lead and watercolor.

2, mouse illustration-common tools: PS, AI, etc.

3, board drawing illustration-common equipment: hand-drawn board, digital screen, ipad, mobile phone.

4. the hand-drawn board needs to be connected to a computer to draw pictures in PS, AI and SAI. Digital screens and ipad can draw directly without connecting a computer. The mobile phone needs to be painted by capacitance pen.

The earliest illustrations in China appeared in the form of printmaking. With the introduction of Buddhist culture, they used "disguised" illustrations in the scriptures to publicize their teachings. At present, China's earliest prints are recorded in historical materials, namely "Dalagni Curse" published by Tang Suzong. The title page painting of King Kong Prajna Sutra published by Tang Yizong Xian Tong in the 9th year (868) is the exact date.

In the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, book illustrations developed greatly. The application scope has expanded to medical books, historical geography books, archaeological catalogue books, daily encyclopedia books and other books, and color overprint illustrations have appeared. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it can be said that the ancient illustration art developed greatly, and there were book engraving industries all over the country. Different regions have formed different styles.

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