There are several styles
of illustrations found in the world of book illustrations right from concept
art to advertising to comics. You might want to learn about these different
kinds of children's
book Illustration styles if you
are anywhere related to the publishing of books or are in the world of
advertising. These come in quite handy when people want to work with an
illustrator. You will be able to express yourself well when you know a little
bit about their world. There are two types of illustrations widely used in the
modern world that are freehand illustrations and vector graphics which are
quite visible in cartoon networks these days.
Concept Art
Concept
art is a type of illustration where artists get involved in fantasy
illustrations or illustrations for games and animations or one-page fine
illustrations. This concept was introduced in the 1930s by Disney. Then the
second time it was used in the automotive industry. In this kind of
illustrations, the artist creates several types of interpretations of certain
themes and the client chooses the one that best suits his requirements. It
consists of different stages like development and creation of illustration.
Some of the well-known concept illustrators are - Melody Cywinski, Morgan Yon,
Thierry “Brunetiere” Doizon, Feng Zhu.
Children’s Book Illustrations
Children's books suit
different age groups and could be very diverse. It can be right from realistic
to full detailed illustration or very simplified childlike illustration. It
could also include naive drawings like a non-artist would have done it. It
could be colorful and self-narrating and always depicting some action as
children would interpret it. All the characters in picture book
illustrations styles are
quite interesting and cute and friendly. Some of the illustration artists of
children book illustrations are - Karl James Mumford, Teagan White, Denis
Surkov.
Comics/ Graphic Novels
Comics and graphic novels
are mostly about images. They communicate the whole concept with the help of
images with a little bit of text underlining the concept or in the form of a
dialogue. Comics are a sequence of images and texts in speech balloons or
captions or just sound effects. The size and arrangement of these panels
contribute towards the narration of the event, often cartoonists help us create
these kinds of illustrations. Some of the famous comic book illustrators are -
Arielle Jovellanos, Brian Bolland, Frank Miller.
Books / Publications / Editorial
Many luxury books or
geographical books rich in illustration have hand-painted illustrations that
are then printed in the final copy. These kinds of illustrations are also found
in some historical books. This kind of work is unique and expensive. It
requires special knowledge of the technique that depends on the vision of the author
and the subject of the book. They try to also have an eye-catching cover which
would attract its readers to flip the book to know its content. It could even
raise the end revenue of the author, so they especially invest in these kinds
of illustrations if required. Some of the famous illustrators whose work on
such a book illustration you would like to see are - Khoa Lee, Shaun Tan,
Alison Jay.
