Art forms prove to be very much useful to shapeshift a person’s thought into a form that is universally understandable. Art has no barriers, it can reach out to any person, rich, and poor, literate, illiterate and will still convey the same meaning. This is why art is the best form of expression, and it leaves no room for confusion and ambiguity. But art cannot generate or come into existence all by itself. We need a person who can understand the situation or a particular writing and then convert that into a picture. So what do we do? This is what is discussed below.
Illustrations and illustrator:
Art is always the best form of visual communication. Any written content backed by images will reach any person easily and instantly. But as we stated earlier art cannot come into existence all by itself and these pictorial illustrations require a person and this person is called the illustrator. An illustrator is a person who can understand the context and bring out images accordingly.
In most cases illustrations need not have to be way too artistic and professional, a small stick figure is pretty much enough to convey the emotions of an artist. It all depends on the professionalism and experience of the illustrator of the art.
There are a lot of techniques that can be used by an illustrator to convey the intended message through an image. They can be both technical and scientific ones. It depends on the call that an illustrator receives. These images are also known as information graphics. The reason behind this is that the image that an illustrator brings to life is not just an images but the representation of a content or medium to express someone’s thought. Since they are not intended for fun and have a greater meaning, they are known as information graphics.
Illustrators in the Digital World:
Through the development of science and technology, the art form of expression has tremendously increased. Illustrators are employing different technically developed methods to bring the art form to life. Unlike the earlier stages where illustrator had a role to play only in the paper form of art, today they are very much important in the digital world as well. Illustrators have trained themselves to use tools like Photoshop that can not only create images but can as well add life to it. Moving objects can be created with ease using technology.
At the same time, it is important to remember that not all of us can play the role of an illustrator. Unlike the other technicians who are involved in photoshopping, when it comes to an illustrator both concept and image is generated from the same person. This doesn’t give chances for any errors, whereas in other cases it might mismatch with the intended message. That is why even when the technology has improved so much the role of an illustrator in art hasn’t gone down.
