Illustration AN ILLUSTRATION IS A VISUALIZATION OR A DEPICTION OF A SUBJECT MADE BY AN ARTIST, SUCH AS A DRAWING, SKETCH, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPH, OR OTHER KIND OF IMAGE OF THINGS SEEN, REMEMBERED OR IMAGINED, USING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION. THE WORD COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD ILLUSTRA'TIO, ILLU'STRO MEANING ENLIGHTEN, IRRADIATE.

Properties Tells a storyGraphic / Cartoon like “Child like”Personal Voice Fantasy Color Field Whimsical Limited Color Pallet Repeated Patterns Wording Emotional Contour Line Animals (personification) Plants

“Beginning today, help me to free my mind from all the false messages I deliver to myself, to every human, to every life form on this beautiful planet.” don Miguel Ruiz This quote inspired this illustration

Give this image a story or what kind of story does this image evoke?

Don Kenn: American Illustrator Properties: Fantasy Whimsical Tells a story “Child Like” Limited color pallet PS. These are drawn on sticky notes YES STICKY NOTES!

Dana Svodobova: Czech illustrator Properties: Tells a story Uses limited colors Patterns Limited values Uses words

Juan Francisco Casas: Spanish drawer Yes this is ALL ballpoint pen! Properties: Emotional Limited color pallet Tells a shorty from the image

Corine Brancowitz: French Illustrator Properties: Limited Color Pallet Limited Shading (contour line esque) Mark Making Color Filed

Liza Corbett Properties: Limited color pallet Animals Plants Patterns Emotions Fantasy Whimsy

Jacek Yerka, Polish Surrealist Painter Property: Whimsical

Diana Koehne Properties: FantasyPlants WhimsyAnimals PatterningLimited Color pallet

Julie Filipenko: Hamm, Germany

Brett Manning: Chicago, IL

Kei Meguro: New York, NY

Vikki Chu

Amy Sol: Las Vegas, NV (Korean)

Mab Graves

Ghostpatrol

Audrey Kawasaki

Kelli Murray

Pat Perry

Sara Golish

Juame Monstserrat

Henrietta Harris

Alex Garant

As you can see… There are a lot of different solutions to illustration. Artists who make illustrations have worked hard to develop their personal style and voice. Their work tends to revolve around a theme or a common subject matter. They have certain elements that relate all of their drawings together that make a cohesive body of work. As far as your drawing goes, you will need to illustrate an emotion, theme or 6 word story. Mediums that you should stick to are, ◦Graphite ◦Pen ◦Watercolor ◦Colored pencil The main goal of this project is for you to start thinking about your personal voice and style. What kind of art do you enjoy making and can see your self continuing to make.

The 6 word story Ernest Hemingway pioneered the 6 word story movement. It started as a bet from two friends, the first six word “novel” goes as such… “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Since we are talking about illustration which is used to put images to a story we will be using a 6 word story of your own creation to create an illustration to go with that story. PROCESS Start with a word map and brainstorm ideas from one central thought. Pick one word or theme and write a six word story to inspire your illustration.

Here are some examples Strangers. Friends. Best friends. Lovers. Strangers. Dot in the sky. Dead pixel. “Wrong number,” says a familiar voice. Torched the haystack. Found the needle. “Male?” “It’s an older driver’s license.” Sorry soldier, shoes sold in pairs. I went travelling, found my home.

Requirements ◦One medium or multimedia ◦Includes one human or one animal or some kind of foliage ◦Does not need a background ◦Uses some kind of story or work to inspire drawing ◦Proposal in sketchbook complete with inspiration and 2 sketches ◦Drawings are due Thursday May 12 th at the beginning of class