Illustration 101

Illustration - is a drawing, painting or

printed work of art which explains,
clarifies, illuminates, visually represents,
or merely decorates a written text,
which may be of a literary or
commercial nature.
 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWWEN
ART & ILLUSTRATION?

The distinction lies in the fact that art is the idea (brought to
life) while an illustration is a depiction (or explanation) of an
idea. Fine Art is simply art for art's sake. Even if you are
doing a commission for a client, it would still be fine art. But
illustration is illustrating a story or idea.
EXAMPLES OF GRAPHICS ILLUSTRATION
COMIC STRIP IDEAS
•Tell Your Life Story. Select a character to represent you and
speak for you as you talk about yourself, your life story and
your interests. ...
•Travel to A Mysterious Place. ...
•Making Wishes Come True. ...
•A Day at Work. ...
•A Day at School. ...
•Write a Love Story. ...
•A New Fairy Tale. ...
•Create a Song.
Pixel may refer to any of the following:
Term that comes from the words PEL (picture element). A px(pixel) is
the smallest portion of an image or display that a computer is capable
of printing or displaying. You can get a better understanding of what a
pixel is when zooming into an image as seen in the example.
As you can see in this example, the character image in this
picture is zoomed into at 1600%. Each of the blocks seen in
this example is a single pixel of this image. Everything on
the computer display looks similar to this when zoomed in
upon; the same is true with printed images, which are
created by several little dots that are measured in DPI.
DPI

Dots per inch is a measure of spatial printing, video or

image scanner dot density, in particular the number of
individual dots that can be placed in a line within the
span of 1 inch
Bitmap (or raster) images are stored as a series of tiny dots called
pixels. ... Unlike bitmaps, vector images are not based on pixel
patterns, but instead use mathematical formulas to draw lines and
curves that can be combined to create an image from geometric
objects such as circles and polygons.
Computer graphics fall into two main categories, bitmap graphics and vector
graphics.
Adobe Illustrator is a vector based software package. What this means for
you is that unlike bitmap images, a vector based piece of artwork can be
scaled to any size and printed on any output device at any resolution without
losing its detail or clarity. Vector graphics are the best choice for type, and bold
graphics that need to maintain their crispness at various scales. (for e.g. posters
etc.)
In Adobe Illustrator you "draw" objects. Objects are simply the points, lines,
shapes and paths that you create on the page.
What makes Illustrator powerful is its ability to manipulate any object as a
graphic element
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