Illustrated worlds
Journal article
Authors | Bosward, Marc and Levesley, Richard |
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Abstract | The practice of the contemporary illustrator is no longer exclusively defined by the traditional orthodoxies of the commissioner and illustrator relationship. Contemporary Illustration has expanded the parameters of the discipline to include toys, games, animation, collectable objects, fashion and other forms of media and merchandising. This multi-disciplinary and authorial practice is often predicated on the creation of an identifiable, virtual ‘world’ that is manifest across an illustrator’s output, independent of variations in audience, purpose and subject matter. This paper will explore the illustrator’s use of visual language in constructing virtual, illustrated worlds.Drawing from a range of contemporary examples, the paper will explore the capacity of illustration to generate a virtual world that engages and absorbs its audience. The paper will argue that a sense of place established through non-representational approaches can address the actual, socio-historical world through the interpretation of the constructed world’s diegesis. The paper will also consider how a world is realised across personal and commercial outputs and the interrelationship and interface of authorial and commercial imperatives. |
The practice of the contemporary illustrator is no longer | |
Keywords | Illustration |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | VaroomLab Journal |
Publisher | Association of Illustrators |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/620522 |
hdl:10545/620522 | |
Publication dates | Oct 2013 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Sep 2016, 13:52 |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9257x/illustrated-worlds
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