Creative Humor Cave Illustration —— What are the common picture styles of illustrations?

There are 10 satirical illustrations that directly hit human nature, telling us that life is warm and cold. You can understand that several satirical illustrations need ideas and creativity to criticize reality and human nature through the microcosm of the micro-world. A small painting may seem unremarkable, but there is a thought-provoking meaning behind every painting. The following 10 illustrations are humorous and cruel. Maybe you can find your own shadow in them.

When I was young, in order to pursue a better life, I had to work hard, work overtime and stay up late, and hold several jobs all night. Did I finally have a happy old age? The sub-health state in youth makes the life after old age full of all kinds of drugs.

When we were young, we were told to have a clear conscience and learn to look at the world with doubt. When we grow up, many of your problems will be ignored as garbage. Later, you know, the world doesn't need to ask too many questions, what it really needs is to solve problems.

The childhood life of the only child is lonely, and it becomes gloomy because of endless homework and extracurricular remedial classes. Parents work from nine to five, and they can only draw a playmate on the wall without a playmate as a child. I hope to have the company of my peers and smile at the sun on the grass.

With the rapid development of human civilization, the killing of animals has accelerated the extinction of natural species. When it comes to extinct animals, we can only think of prehistoric animals such as dinosaurs and mammoths, but what if one day even our common pigs, horses, cows and sheep are gone? Imagine that children's concept of these animals in the future is just a character in the book. She may regard the Trojan horse as a horse and feed it with grass.

The existence of the zoo is perhaps the biggest mockery of the slogan "People and animals live in harmony". Animals that should live in Shan Ye are kept in cages for people to watch, and people enjoy the freedom that animals should enjoy. It seems that you are visiting the monkey, but in fact it is observing different people who appear every day.

When the word "996" was hotly debated and "fleeing north and fleeing south" appeared in public view many times, did your life change? The answer is definitely no, we hate life in cages, and we are full of yearning for freedom, but we will still say: everyone around us is experiencing this unchanging life. What qualifications do I have to break free? However, some people will become leaders, break through the cage and run for freedom, won't they? Why can't this person be you?

Howling at the full moon on a full moon night can't hide the fact that you are from Mianyang. Mianyang cannot be eaten by wolves, nor can it just imitate the characteristics of wolves and blend in with them. Real power is not to imitate some habits of the strong, but to learn to live like the strong.

Once the earth was green and blue. However, excessive cutting down trees and clearing forests have made the beautiful homes of the past desolate. Excessive felling of trees and wanton trampling on nature will eventually be punished by human beings themselves.

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Some so-called friends usually mix with you, but when you are really in danger and struggling for the hope of life, they are not telling you that the best way to stay away from danger is to take a step forward, but laughing at you and even trying to pull you into the abyss.

Standing on the cliff, on the edge of danger. But when you laugh at others, you may have caused irreparable consequences and put yourself in danger. Never stare at other people's feet, but see where you are. Laughing at others will only make you lose yourself.

There are not too many shows in painting, and satirical cartoons reveal real social phenomena and analyze the weaknesses of human nature with simple and clear strokes. But looking back at ourselves, maybe we are already in the painting and don't know it. After all, human weaknesses are all similar.

What are the forms of illustrations? What are the creative entry points of illustration? illustrated catalogue

The Concept of Illustration and Its Evolution

Application of illustrations

Functions and functions of illustrations

Aesthetic characteristics of illustrations

The form of illustration

Classification of illustrations

Illustration status quo

In the field of modern design, illustration design can be said to be the most expressive, and it is closely related to painting art. Many expressions of illustration art draw lessons from the expression of painting art. The marriage of illustration art and painting art makes the former make great progress in exploring the diversity of expression methods and in the depth and breadth of design theme expression, showing more unique artistic charm and thus more expressive. In a sense, painting has become a basic discipline, and illustration has become an applied discipline. Throughout the history of illustration development, its application scope is constantly expanding. Especially today, with the rapid development of information, people's daily life is full of all kinds of commercial information, and illustration design has become an irreplaceable art form in the real society. Therefore, the purpose of our research is how to study, think and study modern illustration knowledge in depth and serve the society better.

[Edit this paragraph] The concept and evolution of illustrations

Illustration definition

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 pages to supplement the content of the text or for artistic appreciation. This explanation is mainly aimed at the definition of book illustrations, which is a narrow definition.

With the advent of the information age and the development of modern society, the meaning of modern illustration has changed from a narrow concept (limited to paintings and pictures) to a broad concept. "Illustration" refers to the pictures inserted between words in newspapers, magazines, various publications or children's picture books that we usually read, collectively referred to as "illustration". Illustration, in Latin, means "light up". Reading words and thinking about meaning were originally used to increase the interest given by words in publications and make the words more vivid and vivid in readers' minds. In today's various publications, the importance of illustrations has far exceeded the foil position of "luminous words". It can not only highlight the theme, but also enhance artistic appeal.

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.

Historical evolution of illustrations

The development of illustration art has a long history. In your eyes and mine, ordinary and simple illustrations have great connotations. From the world's oldest illustration cave mural to the Japanese folk print ukiyo-e painting in the Edo period, all of them show the development of illustration. Illustrations first developed with the changes of newspapers and books in the early19th century. Its real golden age first began in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, the illustrations just separated from art works were obviously drawn, and most of the authors engaged in illustrations were professional painters. Later, influenced by the school of abstract expressionism, they turned from concrete to abstract. It was not until the 1970s that illustrations returned to the realistic style. China's Early Illustration Forms

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. The forms of illustrations are: frontispiece drawings, text illustrations, top or bottom drawings, paintings on inner pages or title pages, and cards.

The historical evolution of ancient illustrations in China can be regarded as the development history of printmaking. It is also the history of folk New Year pictures. It's just that folk New Year pictures became commodities independently earlier, which is the predecessor of commercial illustration.

The history of illustration in Europe is similar to that in China, and it was first used in religious books. Later, illustrations were widely used in natural science books, grammar books and collections of classic writers.

With the development of today's society, illustrations are widely used in various fields of society. Illustration art not only broadens our horizons, enriches our thoughts, gives us unlimited imagination and broadens our minds. With the increasing commercialization of art and the emergence of new painting materials and tools, illustration art has entered the era of commercialization. In the era of commodity economy, illustrations play a great role in promoting economic development. The concept of illustration has gone far beyond the scope of traditional laws and regulations. Throughout today's illustration world, painters are no longer limited to a certain style. They often break the way of using only one material in the past, and widely use various means to achieve the expected effect, so that the development of illustration art has gained a broader space and unlimited possibilities. In China, although illustration developed late, it has a long history. After the development of blackboard newspaper, print and poster layout after liberation, and the reference to international popular styles after 1980s, with the popularization of computer technology in the middle and late 1990s, more and more cutting-edge authors who use computers for illustration design emerged.

Illustrations have found a huge living space since the birth of the mother book. With the development of technology and the needs of society, rich carriers are constantly emerging.

[Edit this paragraph] The application of illustrations

Application scope of illustrations

Publications:

Illustrations used in book covers, inside pages, coats and catalogs.

Including illustrations used by newspapers, magazines and other editors.

Commercial publicity: illustrations

Advertising DD includes newspaper advertisements, magazine advertisements, signboards, posters, leaflets and illustrations used in TV advertisements;

Business image design: product logo, corporate image (mascot);

Commodity packaging design;

Illustrate DD consumer guide, commodity description, manual, chart and catalogue.

Video multimedia:

The role and environmental art setting or interface design in film and television dramas, commercials, games, networks, etc.

Anything used for "explanation" can be counted as the category of illustration.

Two types of illustration applications

In the field of graphic design, we are most exposed to literary illustrations and commercial illustrations.

Literary illustration-a visual art form that reproduces the plot of an article and embodies the spirit of literature.

Commercial illustration-an image expression that conveys commodity information for enterprises or products and integrates art and commerce.

The illustrator gets the remuneration related to it, gives up the ownership of the work, and only retains the right of signature, which is a commercial transaction.

[Edit this paragraph] Functions and functions of illustrations

Illustration definition

Modern illustration is different from ordinary artistic illustration. Their functions, forms of expression and media are different. The service object of modern illustration is commodities first. Commercial activities require that the information they carry be conveyed to the audience accurately and clearly, and people are expected to correctly receive and grasp this information and make the audience feel beautiful while taking actions, so it is said to serve commercial activities.

Art illustrations usually have three functions and purposes:

First, as a supplement to the text;

Second, let people get the satisfaction of perceptual knowledge;

Third, show the artist's aesthetic concept, performance skills, and even show the artist's world outlook and outlook on life.

The function of modern illustration is very strong, and pure art that deviates from the purpose of visual communication often weakens the function of modern illustration. Therefore, the design should not make the theme of illustration ambiguous. It must be based on clarity, simplicity and accuracy.

The appeal of modern illustration

The basic appeal function of modern illustration is to convey the information to the audience in the simplest, clearest and clearest way, arouse their interest, try to convince what they convey, accept the propaganda content gladly in the aesthetic process and induce them to take the final action.

(1) Display vivid and concrete images of products and services, and convey information intuitively.

(2) Stimulate consumers' interest.

(3) Enhance the persuasiveness of advertisements.

(4) Enhance the attractiveness of commodities and stimulate consumers' desires.

[Edit this paragraph] Aesthetic features of illustrations

Illustration design, as a form of visual art, especially as a part of practical art, has its own aesthetic characteristics. Among them, the most obvious ones are as follows:

Purpose and restrictive factors

Second, practicality and popularity.

Third, visualization and intuition.

Fourth, aesthetics and interest.

Creativity and artistic imagination

6. Diversification and diversification

Due to the diversity of media, content, expression and appeal object, the aesthetic standards of modern illustration are also diversified and diversified. explain

[Edit this paragraph] The form of illustrations

There are many forms of modern illustration, which can be classified by media or function. According to the classification of media, it is basically divided into two parts, namely print media and film and television media. Print media includes poster advertisement illustration, newspaper illustration, magazine book illustration, product packaging illustration, corporate image publicity material illustration, etc. Film and television media include movies, television and computer screens.

Poster advertising illustration: also known as poster, poster. In the era when advertisements mainly rely on printed media to transmit information, they can be said to be in a dominant position in advertisements. However, with the emergence of film and television media, its application scope has narrowed.

Newspaper illustration: Newspaper is one of the best media for information transmission. It is the most popular, low cost, large circulation, wide spread, fast speed and short production cycle.

Illustration of magazine books: including the design of front cover and back cover and the illustration of words, which are widely used in all kinds of books. Such as literature books, children's books, science and technology books, etc. This kind of illustration is gradually declining. In the future, it will still exist in a large number of electronic books and newspapers.

Product packaging illustration: product packaging makes illustration more widely used. Product packaging design includes three elements: logo, graphics and text. It has two missions: one is to introduce products, and the other is to establish brand image. The most prominent feature is that it is between plane and three-dimensional design.

Illustration of corporate image publicity materials: it is the VI design of the enterprise. It is included in the basic system and application system of corporate image design.

Film and television illustration in film and television media: point out the illustrations in movies and TV now. Generally, it appears in advertisements. Movie and TV illustrations also include computer screens. Now the computer screen has become the performance space of commercial illustration, and many graphic library animations, game programs and graphic tables have become a member of commercial illustration.

The form of illustration

Numbers, free form, realistic technology, black and white, color, materials, photos and computer generation ... as long as they are "graphics", they can all be applied to the production of illustrations.

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[Edit this paragraph] Classification of illustrations

According to the current market positioning: vector fashion comics, young realism, the concept of illustration in Victoria, the United States and South Korea, etc.

Classification by production methods: hand-drawn, vector, commercial, cutting-edge (2D plane, UI design, 3D), pixel.

According to the illustration style, it is divided into Japanese cartoon illustration, European and American illustration, Hong Kong illustration, Korean game illustration, and Taiwan Province romance novel cover illustration. Because there are so many styles now, I just classify them simply.

In addition, there are many foreign styles, such as hand-folded paper, cloth pattern and various styles, which are neck and neck.

[Edit this paragraph] Illustration status quo

The most developed place of illustration: the United States is a country with a very developed illustration market, and appreciating illustrations has become a habit of society. On the one hand, a large number of independent illustration products are sold in the terminal market, such as illustration books, magazines, illustration greeting cards and so on. On the other hand, illustration, as a part of visual communication system (graphic design, illustration, commercial photography), is widely used in graphic advertisements, posters, covers and other design contents. The illustration market in the United States is also very specialized, which is divided into children, sports, science fiction, food, digital, pure artistic style, humor and other professional types, and each type has a special illustrator. The whole illustration market is very standardized and the competition is fierce, because the average income level of illustrators is three times that of ordinary Americans.

Illustrations in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan: As we all know, Japanese commercial animation has a huge market and operation team. Animation is an important branch of illustration industry. Before CG technology (ComputerGraphics) entered the field of illustration, hand-drawn animation had become a sunrise industry in Japan. Today's younger generation is more and more inclined to use computer digital technology.

In South Korea, with the game industry climbing to the second pillar industry of the national economy in recent years, illustrations, especially digital illustrations, have sprung up everywhere, and the game characters designed with digital illustrations have also won more market space with the popularity of Korean games in China.

At the same time, Hong Kong and Taiwan illustrators are still looking for their own way of industry, although their works have obvious traces of learning from Japan. Illustration education: Beijing Institute of Printing, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing Broadcasting Institute, Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts and other institutions have set up illustrations or related majors in the past two years, but the teaching content often only includes publication illustrations rather than commercial illustrations in a complete sense.

But in foreign countries, the combination of illustration education and market is very close. Many well-known illustrators are visiting teachers in various universities, and they have brought the most fashionable and cutting-edge business consciousness to the school. Nowadays, commercial illustrations popular in foreign markets include publication illustrations, cartoon mascots, video and game art designs and advertising illustrations. In fact, in China, illustrations have spread all over print and electronic media, commercial places, public institutions, commodity packaging, film and television performance posters, corporate advertisements and even T-shirts, diaries and New Year cards.

What are the common picture styles of illustrations? 1. Fashion style illustrations.

Whether Japanese or European or American, they generally don't choose particularly bright colors, mostly fresh and elegant, especially the colors that are common in nature and daily life. Because this color lasts longer, even staring at it will not cause aesthetic fatigue. We also need to pay attention to this point in the handling of such paintings.

Second, humorous style illustration

It is very common to use exaggerated modelling technique, which is very common in European and American styles. The choice of color is also exaggerated, which makes people feel ridiculous at first glance-

Of course, there are also many excellent humorous illustrations in Japanese secondary style. Generally, people who are cute, especially those with chubby faces and round eyes, are their signature features.

Third, the aestheticism style illustration

Quiet and peaceful is the theme of this painting. For students who are used to fierce confrontation, occasionally watching some of these works will make your whole body and mind calm down.

In terms of color, generally speaking, neutral colors and cool main colors are the most common, and the characters who appear generally do not have much tension. Sometimes even the characters are abandoned in order to render the silent atmosphere. Of course, in order to avoid the picture being too dull, occasionally some effective elements are added to break the picture.

The rain in the picture is this feeling of "moistening things silently"-

The meteor in the distance is not too conspicuous, which also increases the visibility of the picture-

Fourth, realistic illustrations.

Should it be the most common style? Draw what it is and express it clearly. Need I say more?

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Q style illustration

Are you really familiar with the Q version? Commodity packaging, page design, game characters ... Whether it is the second element or Europe and America, the general shapes of all kinds of big-headed dolls will never be out of date. That's either naive or innocent expression, which really melts people-

Six, mechanical science and technology illustrations

Heavy steel and gears, static buildings, and internal cutting with a sense of design ... these are frequent visitors to mechanical and technological styles. Different from the small freshness we come into contact with, mechanical technology doesn't have so many fancy colors. Generally, three or four colors are enough. Some even solve problems in black and white.

Designers like this use almost only black and white to solve problems skillfully. But the effect is amazing—

The color is not rich, but the majestic momentum is at least very successfully expressed-

There are also many such painters in Japan, which form a "contrast" with Miss Sister. Those who have recently played Girl Frontline should be familiar with this painter, right?

Seven, decorative style illustration

Mainly decorative content, pay more attention to the treatment of lines, and be flexible in color matching, which is both elegant and elegant.

And this eye-catching—

Eight, image synthesis wind illustrations

In the tutorial a while ago, we told you that many business-oriented projects usually take one month. It is impossible to give you a long time to describe some details in such a short time. At this time, pasting materials is a very effective method, and we also have a saying called "half P and half painting".

In many conceptual designs, this method is also a frequent visitor, especially sometimes, designers want to determine whether it is appropriate to add trees or buildings in a certain place, but it takes too much time to draw directly. At this time, just take it directly from the photo.

In addition to conceptual designers, there are many secondary painters who also use this method, such as the illustration of the following young lady-