(P/B) TEXT AND IMAGE

Παρουσίαση

Illustrators are visual communicators and picture-makers who construct meaning and convey ideas, narratives, messages and emotions to specific audiences, readers and users. Fundamental to this process is personal creative expression, the pleasure and sheer enjoyment of creative image-making and the interpretation of words and ideas into images. Illustration has been defined as the amplifying, elucidating, adorning, illuminating, decorating, enhancing and extending of the text. As such illustration is much more than a literal translation of the text; it can be allusive and function as an oblique counterpoint to the copy. [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
How to get the most out of this book
The Elucidators
Interpretation
Text, images, ideas and messages
A myriad of platforms
Illustrative text
Graphic Art Zeitgeist
Conclusion
Glossary
Illustration dialogues
Reference material
Influential posters and record sleeves
Contacts
Acknowledgments and picture credits