To pass the time better than doomscrolling, I've been studying graphic design and illustration from library books.
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To pass the time better than doomscrolling, I've been studying graphic design and illustration from library books. The graphic design part especially contained information on layout and values presented in a way how f.ex. watercolor classes don't necessarily explain themselves, and I like how both these books on these topics begin with Lascaux cave paintings, which I think is a little wild, because I've thought of them as ritualistic art, while from an illustrator or graphic designer's point of view they're containing Information, and they read into them entirely as infographics. Wow.
Also yesterday I finally finished Byles & Orland's "Art and Fear" (1994), and all of them nicely tie into Lascaux, fine art and illustration by asking questions on who gets to do art, who gets paid, how much of an infographic is the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and so on, and so on. I especially enjoyed Greg Houston's comments in "Illustration that works" on old paintings that look like they're fine art, but that they work with the logic of current day illustration, if you have any knowledge of the context of the art pieces.
It all comes down to a delightful and somewhat messy puddle where meaning and reading become somewhat convoluted once you step outside of the obvious.
Also the Art and Fear chapter on Art and Science was one of the nicest things I've read about art in a long while.
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To pass the time better than doomscrolling, I've been studying graphic design and illustration from library books. The graphic design part especially contained information on layout and values presented in a way how f.ex. watercolor classes don't necessarily explain themselves, and I like how both these books on these topics begin with Lascaux cave paintings, which I think is a little wild, because I've thought of them as ritualistic art, while from an illustrator or graphic designer's point of view they're containing Information, and they read into them entirely as infographics. Wow.
Also yesterday I finally finished Byles & Orland's "Art and Fear" (1994), and all of them nicely tie into Lascaux, fine art and illustration by asking questions on who gets to do art, who gets paid, how much of an infographic is the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and so on, and so on. I especially enjoyed Greg Houston's comments in "Illustration that works" on old paintings that look like they're fine art, but that they work with the logic of current day illustration, if you have any knowledge of the context of the art pieces.
It all comes down to a delightful and somewhat messy puddle where meaning and reading become somewhat convoluted once you step outside of the obvious.
Also the Art and Fear chapter on Art and Science was one of the nicest things I've read about art in a long while.
@maijanlainen "Watercolour classes don't explain themselves"? Could you elaborate please?
