Les’ Illustration Concepts Class

Analogy- A comparison between two things that are similar in some respects, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand. A form of logical reasoning that if two things are taken to be alike in a particular way, they are alike in certain other ways .

Logical analogies- Seek similarities between things that are different but have some trait in common. i.e.: a duck to an amphibious boat, or the branch system of a tree to the vascular system of the human body.

Affective Analogies- Are emotional similarities, ie: a pretty girl is like a flower or someone evil is a snake or a skunk.  A timid person is a mouse.

Paradoxical Analogies- Illogical combinations of images that evoke powerful emotional responses; our minds tell us no logical reason exists for these images to be together, yet since they are together  we‘re forced to reconcile them..

Anthropomorphism- the attribution of a human form, human characteristics, or human behavior to nonhuman things such as animals in children’s stories.

Focal point –Also called Primary focus -  An visual element receiving concentrated attention, or to which attention is drawn.  Also the point at which parallel rays meet in perspective.

Hierarchy-to group or organize according to the importance of each
element.

Metaphor- a word or phrase to somebody or something that is not meant literally but to make a comparison, ex:  saying that someone is a snake.  One thing used or considered to represent another.

Point of View (P.O.V.) –The position or angle from which a somebody observes an event or scene.  Somebody’s particular way of thinking about or approaching a subject, as shaped by his or her own experience, mindset and history.

Significant profile- A universally recognized image of something. An object drawn in such a way so that everyone would be able to identify what it is.

Surrealism