Authors :
Negin Amin Dehkordi; Valliappan Raju
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 6 - June
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6806617
Abstract :
Illustration is folk art through which the
illustrator conveys ideas and concepts to the audience.
The artist's awareness of different illustration methods
leads to better communication with the viewer. In this
regard, the views of the audience, the publisher, and the
author are influential on the illustrator's choices in the
execution of the artwork [1]. Contemporary Iranian
illustration arises from the experiences of Iranian
illustrators of the past decades, influenced by European
methods and combining it with indigenous, traditional,
and ethnic characteristics. Despite all the efforts made in
recent decades in this regard, preschool and primary
children in Iran have received less attention from writers
and illustrators than other age groups and have witnessed
a lack of attention to picture books. However, the new
artistic activities that have been done in this regard with
the formation of councils, child support associations, and
centers for the intellectual development of children and
adolescents cannot be ignored [2].Attracting the audience
and conveying the meanings of the text is one of the most
important missions of illustrating the book. The artist's
responsibility towards the audience, the publisher, the
writer, and the type of his attitude shows the high risk of
this field. The artist's awareness of the structures in this
field leads to better artworks because from each of them,
many solutions are obtained for a transcendent
performance [1]. Therefore, there are two styles of
illustrations as digital and traditional with their specific
features. The principal results are the equal quality,
importance, and valuation of both digital and traditional
styles separately or as mixed styles. Expected
contribution leads to researchers who are eager to
continue this study in other age groups and aspects of
illustration in order to achieve a progressive path through
analyzing and searching visual and pictorial elements.
This article intends to study the qualities of
illustrations in both traditional and digital styles of
picture books for preschool and primary children in Iran.
Therefore, a number of picture books are selected to
examine them through visual analysis.
Keywords :
Children’s Book Illustration, Picture Book, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Iranian Illustrators, Illustration in Iran, Digital Style, Traditional Style
Illustration is folk art through which the
illustrator conveys ideas and concepts to the audience.
The artist's awareness of different illustration methods
leads to better communication with the viewer. In this
regard, the views of the audience, the publisher, and the
author are influential on the illustrator's choices in the
execution of the artwork [1]. Contemporary Iranian
illustration arises from the experiences of Iranian
illustrators of the past decades, influenced by European
methods and combining it with indigenous, traditional,
and ethnic characteristics. Despite all the efforts made in
recent decades in this regard, preschool and primary
children in Iran have received less attention from writers
and illustrators than other age groups and have witnessed
a lack of attention to picture books. However, the new
artistic activities that have been done in this regard with
the formation of councils, child support associations, and
centers for the intellectual development of children and
adolescents cannot be ignored [2].Attracting the audience
and conveying the meanings of the text is one of the most
important missions of illustrating the book. The artist's
responsibility towards the audience, the publisher, the
writer, and the type of his attitude shows the high risk of
this field. The artist's awareness of the structures in this
field leads to better artworks because from each of them,
many solutions are obtained for a transcendent
performance [1]. Therefore, there are two styles of
illustrations as digital and traditional with their specific
features. The principal results are the equal quality,
importance, and valuation of both digital and traditional
styles separately or as mixed styles. Expected
contribution leads to researchers who are eager to
continue this study in other age groups and aspects of
illustration in order to achieve a progressive path through
analyzing and searching visual and pictorial elements.
This article intends to study the qualities of
illustrations in both traditional and digital styles of
picture books for preschool and primary children in Iran.
Therefore, a number of picture books are selected to
examine them through visual analysis.
Keywords :
Children’s Book Illustration, Picture Book, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Iranian Illustrators, Illustration in Iran, Digital Style, Traditional Style