illustration
Let an agent explain illustration and its kinds and purposes, describe techniques from engraving to digital, support commissioning and practising illustration, and describe the history and profession of illustration.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain illustration and its kinds and purposes, describe techniques from engraving to digital, support commissioning and practising illustration, and describe the history and profession of illustration.
A visual image created to explain, decorate, interpret or accompany a text, concept or product, including book and magazine illustrations, cover art and book cover design, scientific, technical and medical illustration, engravings and wood engraving prints, and notation of music and movement as specialised graphic depiction; illustration is a professional field and art form spanning traditional media and digital tools.
What it is for: Images explaining or accompanying content.
It can be explain kinds and purposes; describe techniques; support commissioning and practice; describe history.
Distinguishing features
Explanatory or decorative role
Tied to text or product
Many techniques
Professional field
What it looks like
Drawings, prints and digital images in books, media and products.
How it is recognised
Image accompanying or explaining content
Book, scientific, technical, editorial
Fine art stands alone; a photograph records; a diagram is schematic
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - explanatory imagery
is related to - notated music as graphic depiction
In practice
Families and kinds
book and editorial illustration
cover art and design
scientific, technical and medical illustration
engraving and print illustration
digital and animated illustration
Standards and regulation
Copyright and licensing for illustration
Professional practice standards
Accuracy standards for scientific illustration
Failure modes and hazards
Copyright infringement
Inaccurate scientific illustration
Undervaluing illustration labour
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What illustration is.
Art.
Kinds
Kinds and purposes.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of illustration exist, and what purposes do they serve in books, media, science and products? definition
- Which kind is meant? boundary
Techniques
Techniques.
Techniques
Techniques.
- How do drawing, engraving, wood engraving, painting and digital techniques differ? definition
- Which entry fits a specific technique? action
Practise Practice and commissioning.
Practice.
Create
Creating illustrations.
Create
Creating.
- How can an illustration be planned and created for a given brief? action
- Which entry fits drawing? action
Commission
Commissioning and licensing.
Commission
Commissioning.
- How are illustrators commissioned, and how are rights and fees handled? provenance
- Is legal advice needed on a contract? boundary
Fields Specialised fields.
Context.
Scientific
Scientific illustration.
Scientific
Scientific.
- What standards of accuracy govern scientific, medical and technical illustration? provenance
- Which entry fits medical illustration? action
Covers
Cover art and design.
Covers
Covers.
- How are book covers and cover art designed and used in publishing? provenance
- Which entry fits book design? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did illustration develop from manuscripts and engravings to the golden age of illustration and digital media? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is illustration taught and studied? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should scientific illustration be a separate entry?
- How should professional bodies be linked?
- How should technique resources be linked?