Poster art? Illustrator?
Discussion
worthiness of a work of art?
On AskArt they have a category of artist called "Illustrator".
What is the definition of Illustrator? I had originally thought that
this was the skill of making exploded drawings of complex
objects or machines for the sole purpose of "illustration",
but the artists shown do not seem to be very much different than
any other.
N.H
Mayo Florece
go...@away.dot.for.good.dotcom says...
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>What is "poster art"? Is it a means of classification of the
>worthiness of a work of art?
Have you ever visited one of those poster sales
outlets in a mall? Poster art is what appears
on posters - designed for mass sale to mostly
adolescent audiences, oftentimes the art that one
finds on album covers, etc. and bedroom walls.
>On AskArt they have a category of artist called "Illustrator".
Mechanical drawing and drafting are not the same
as illustration, and illustration is not the same
as fine art, but where one draws the line between
them is problematic and open to debate - endless
debate. For example: is an architect's drawing of
a proposed building complex art, mechanical
drawing, or illustration - OR is it all three?
As the best example, people usually refer to
Norman Rockwell and his works that were done
primarily to "illustrate" the cover of a magazine
(The Saturday Evening Post, primarily). By
definition, an illustrator produces art work that
illustrates a story - in the case of children's
books, as one example, the illustrations are
usually accompanied by text. In Rockwell's case,
his art told the story - people got the message
without further reference to text.