The Influence of Animation on Modern Illustration Graphic Design 1102 Jiachen Chang

Summary

The animation elements can always interacts with modern illustration. This paper is going to start from the development of illustration, and it is going to analyze thoroughly the relevance of modern animation and illustration elements. Research shows the development level and orientation of modern animation and illustration by comparing Japanese animation with Chinese animation. Therefore, it asked people to make a choice between respecting for tradition and making a difference.

Key words: vector pixel supernatural Chinoiserie

Contents
Contents
Introduction: Present status of development of illustration 1
Vectors and Pixels – The Combination of Occasionality and Design 2
The Elements in Animation3 1) The Duality of Japanese Animation4 2) The Classical Chinese Ink and Wash Painting: Chinoiserie5
The Perfect Combination of Illustration and Animation6

The Influence of the Animation Elements on Modern Illustration Design

Introduction

Present status of development of illustration

Illustration is actually an ancient way for design. Let’s talk about the last century-the birth of NYADC. With the development of printing technology, illustration entered into the “golden age”. As the development of photography, printing and computer technology, however, illustration began to decline at the same time.

Nevertheless, illustration was going to restart during the early period of information age although most people thought that illustration was going to disappear soon.

Vectors and Pixels – The Combination of Occasionality and Design

Vectors and pixels are the two languages used for early network communication on the limited computer technology; nevertheless, the limitation properly raised its attraction. Vectors completely ignore the feelings when people draw classic paintings, or it is without any description. However, the design of the vector and the occasionality of brush that has been generated are at polar opposites. The patterns of vector graphics are full of “design”, and the style is becoming the key points. It is more suitable to the media characteristics.

With the development of technology, the changes of information and media environment, the languages will be varied, and the aesthetic habits of most people to illustration will be modified. Every pattern is a mirror of the media characteristic. Due to people are having an insane desire to advance with the times, animation becomes even more prevalent.

As one of the most popular media, animation had a significant consequence on modern illustration.

The Elements in Animation

1. The Duality of Japanese Animation

Japan is the biggest country to produce animation that has a lot of vivid features. Sometimes, it is divided into two types: fantasy series with supernatural elements; life series with reality.

Concise style：Honey and Clover – to wander between dream and reality

Sunshine, warmness and purity. Nowadays, it has a great amount of this type of illustration. The use of color is less original than the fantasy series, but people are exactly attracted by the hazy feeling. Most of the modern illustration is pursuing a careful work; they are simple and fascinated.

Supernatural: Final Fantasy

In Final Fantasy, the most senior animation in Japan, its style was fantasy in the early stage, and it turned into reality in the later period. With regard to other fields of animation, the impact of 3D is significant and prominent. As for the characters, “eyes are beautiful, but they look not so perfect in some ways after coloring pictures”, these shortcomings has lasted until now. Whereas supernatural elements are the most attractive components in Final Fantasy: large airships damaged high technology factories, and so on. These supernatural elements have become the most primary factor in Final Fantasy, and they were used for reference among the same types of illustration.

In some way, Japanese animation not only provides vectors and pixels to illustration, but also produces a new way in order to be applied.

Relatively speaking, Chinese animation is a little bit childish, yet from the patterns of the pictures, Chinese animation is actually at the same level as Japanese animation.

The Classical Chinese ink and Wash Painting: Chinoiserie

The animation has lasted till now nearly a century. During the 20th century, animation has grown in maturity from its beginning, and it is accepted by most people as an individual art. The rapid business development promoted and demanded that the styles and types of animation to be more diverse and innovative, so that people gradually noticed that the importance of the styles and patterns in animation. The issue of Chinoiserie has raised in recent years, thus, the classic Chinese animation, Story of Havoc in Heaven and The Tadpoles look for their mommy, were used for every fields include illustration. It contains the unique and mysterious Asian characteristics, and it is promptly admitted by people all over the world.

The Perfect Combination of Illustration and Animation

Ali: Ali’s Dream Castle
The work of Ali’s fairy tale is a hand-drawn art with fine colors and mature style. It is an extraordinary and uncommon work in today’s market. The work’s purpose is to discover and reveal the inner strength from the bottom of people’s heart, and it centers on family relationship, love and friendship.

We can say that the work of Ali’s fairy tale is suitable for all ages in the society because of elegant language and fine paintings which could bring readers pleasure, enjoyment and strong visual impact, and give them more thinking after reading the book.

The work of Ali’s fairy tale mainly fascinates 12~25-year-old young ladies for they are more likely to be interested with fine pictures and elegant language which inspire those young ladies’ intense desire to purchase. From the present network promotion, it receives an extremely favorable reception from readers.

Xia Da: Things That People Cannot Explain
One day, a 9-year-old girl, Xiaoyu, followed her mother to move to an ancient town, and the story starts from here. This is a silent and mysterious town. Xiaoyu tried to see something. A man? Who is he?
Xiaoyu was born in a family which loves nature. They moved to this small town because her father is an archaeologist, and they lived in an old and strange but a beautiful house. Xiaoyu is a kind girl who likes to seek something interesting with her pure spirit. It has cartoon style with fine paintings, stories with philosophical truth which includes human beings, nature, unchangeable law and the attitude to look at things. Things That People Cannot Explain is not only the comics for children, but also suitable for adults.
It is the unique story that happens in summer which looks quite fresh and neat.
Conclusion

Animation is the main project that achieves all ages in our society, and meanwhile illustration is gradually opening up the way to success. Both of them connect and attach with each other. Although the interaction is slow, it is everywhere in our life.

It is necessary to create a new style and to make a difference; however, it is crucial for industries to absorb the merits of others as well in order to supply gaps of them. If different industries associate and collaborate with each other, they will make progress and succeed ultimately.

Annotation

Things That People Cannot Explain (The author Xia Da has obtained the 5th Golden Dragon Award Original Animation & Comic Competition)

References

Baidu Encyclopedia