What is Illustration? Task 2

1 Narrative - Sequential Imagery

I chose this image because it uses sequential imagery and although its not what you'd conventionally consider illustration it uses image to carry out a purpose so it fits the criteria.

I chose this image because the purpose was a little more unusual than the others; a biography. concisely explaining where he comes from and his main life points up until now.

I chose this one from a comic I bought at a fair; The man who loved breasts by Robert Goodin, because i liked how the second art had burst out from the panel and the faces were overlaid to create a sense of movement and awe.

I chose this image because just through a simple set of action shots it tells a lovely story. It shows only the most basic plot points to show the story moving on but just enough for the reader to understand the story.

I chose this image because i like the way the borders are removed in the middle panels to create a sense of continual movement and a flow to the narrative.

2 Humour

This selection of images is what makes up the first page of the graphic novel I am currently reading; The book of Leviathan by Peter Blegvad. I chose this for the humour section as I have been greatly enjoying the obscure and sometimes a little crazy humour in it. The odd humour matches its style of character; the ghost cat and a faceless baby.

I chose this one because i love the sweet childlike humour of it and the humour fits it audience really well.

I chose this image because you can see the designer has set themselves a goal and then just had as much fun with it as possible and the final results are very humorous. 

These are from Johnny Ryan's book 'war + Penis'. I chose these because Johnny Ryan shows the downright dirty side of humour, toilets, bottoms and genitals.

I have chosen Jon Boam's larping because there is a very simple visual humour of the body parts belonging to all the others but being mix and matched in this image. This shows a subtler humour than some of my other examples.

3. Conceptual Development

This is from Chris Ware's sketchpad and I chose it as one of my examples as the style here is so different from his usual work but he does life drawing to learn.

I chose to use this extract from Gemma Correll's sketchpad as it shows good natured play with her character filling the page and exhausting different poses and ideas.

I chose this example as it shows sketches for a toy prototype showing a different direction in which illustration an be used.

I have chosen this page from Mikkel Sommer's sketch pad because it shows neater and more concise sketches and clearly someone who has drawn faces thousands of time over. It also shows drawing from observation which is a valuable skill within the practice of illustration.

I chose this double spread from Rob Hunters sketch pad as it shows examples of thumb-nailing and exhaustion of ideas as he fills all the space.

4. Attention to Detail/Skill/Complexity

I chose this wood carving of a moth because it showed great detail and intricacy but also an unusual media and method of making.

I chose this editorial piece by Kelsey Heinrichs because there is a lot of detail in it but it brings the piece to life as it shows the abundant nature around.

I chose this piece by Nat Hunter because it displays a piece that has very little detail and yet shows just as vibrant an image. Th line is very simple and doesn't vary in thickness but the simple use of colour to differ between separate object makes them stand out from the background.

I chose this piece by Olivier Kugler because there is quite a bit of detail in the lie work depicting the scenery but the colour has a lot less detail and some parts are just filled with a wash but this makes there a main focus point tot he image as the eyes are drawn to the more coloured part.

This image is by Joe Mclaren for 'The Ride Journal' there is little detail in the illustration itself but because it is overlaid on a detailed map it balances out the overall look of it; making it very aesthetically pleasing.

5. Colour

I picked this image by Nigel Peake that was made for a print company because it has a very simple use of colour and it is specifically made to be produced through print which links to the purpose which is to advertise the print company.

I chose this image by Jonathan Edwards called exhale as I like how all the colour used is different tones/shades of the same colour. It gives the piece a really calm sense to it which matches the sense of the actual image. Which makes it very congruent. 

Karolin schnoor - Pomegranate. I chose this piece because I like how the colours are used I block from to define the shape rather than filling spaces pre-defined by line work.

I chose Professor Astro cat because it uses bright contrasting colours, this makes it very eye catching and that draws in it's specific audience.

Robert Hunter - Map of Days

I chose this one because not only is the colour used t fill big block spaces it also defines them. some times using the negative space and letting it continuously flow into lines from the background without break.