The notion of ‘inspiration’ derives from constant inquiry, based on research, observation, recording and experimentation.
For practicing illustrators it is important that they are constantly excercising their minds, observing what is around them, recording, collecting and developing information that others might glance over and not notice.
Christina Lopp's illustrated journals are an example of constant enquiry.
For practicing illustrators it is important that they are constantly excercising their minds, observing what is around them, recording, collecting and developing information that others might glance over and not notice.
Christina Lopp's illustrated journals are an example of constant enquiry.
These pages are full of questioning, as she looks at the smallest of details and invesigates them on paper. She uses colour to expore her ideas and experiments with technique. All though these images may not be a final finished piece they provide the inspiration for furthur works even if they are not directly used.
Taking inspiration from the most mundane thing, for example salmon, allows a person to keep their creative mind constantly working. Inspiration should be found everywhere and from everything giving the mind a creative challenge. An artist cannot visually advance without inspiration from the things around them as it encourages new ideas and keeps the work fresh.
Carefully chosen personal inspiration gives an artists work more depth and a sense of intimacy and that is important for making a connection with an audience. Working on observations and research allows an artist to refine and develop their ideas but still gives a freedom to explore at the important early stages.
Bibliography: http://www.watercolorjournaling.com/ourjournals/ch05-ckl-700.jpg
The importance of the audience
If a piece of art is created with the purpose of appealing to an audience then it is important that the content, format and style is appropriate to that particular target audience. A personal piece of work would have a very different feel to a piece of art designed for an audience.
Effective use of audience research allows the piece to become more effective as a piece of communication and therefore conveys a message clearly.
Melanie Ford Wilson is an illustrator who works mainly with children's book illustration.
The images that she produces reflect this.
The colour palette that she uses is vibrant and full of energy. The Verona Green and Yellow Ochre tones make it particularly eye catching. This is very appropriate for her audience as it is for younger children who would be uninterested in a black and white image that might feature in a newspaper.
The image is playful, personifying the animals by putting them in a human setting, which a child would find appealing as it not only looks strange to them but allows their imagination to run with the story. This would really captivate the audience.
For the artist to create this picture she would have had to research into what children respond to and understand at the age she was illustrating the images for, if it had been a very simple design then it would have been for a younger audience, if it had featured too much detail or had different colours then older children would have engaged with it.
If a piece of art is created with the purpose of appealing to an audience then it is important that the content, format and style is appropriate to that particular target audience. A personal piece of work would have a very different feel to a piece of art designed for an audience.
Effective use of audience research allows the piece to become more effective as a piece of communication and therefore conveys a message clearly.
Melanie Ford Wilson is an illustrator who works mainly with children's book illustration.
The images that she produces reflect this.
The colour palette that she uses is vibrant and full of energy. The Verona Green and Yellow Ochre tones make it particularly eye catching. This is very appropriate for her audience as it is for younger children who would be uninterested in a black and white image that might feature in a newspaper.
The image is playful, personifying the animals by putting them in a human setting, which a child would find appealing as it not only looks strange to them but allows their imagination to run with the story. This would really captivate the audience.
For the artist to create this picture she would have had to research into what children respond to and understand at the age she was illustrating the images for, if it had been a very simple design then it would have been for a younger audience, if it had featured too much detail or had different colours then older children would have engaged with it.
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