A Study of the Design Aesthetics of Picture Book Creation Using Mixed Media

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 2799-2802
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Basic Design ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
The One ◽  
Lop Ears ◽  
Oral Presentations

The learning topic of this study was the creative designs of picture books in the basic design curriculum. The research subjects were the students from the Department of Commercial Design of a technology university. Hand drawings were combined with computer graphics to perform the image art designs using mixed media of innovative technology, to explore the achievements of applying the innovative technology methods in aesthetics education. During the process of creating works, the teachers and the students had continuously discussed and made modifications. Finally, the students were asked to present their works through oral presentations. The scores were given by two professional design teachers. Among all the works, the picture book titled Lop was the one with the best performance. The story was that the leading characters ears were too long, causing a lot of inconvenience. He was even mocked at by his friends. Thus, he hated his own ears a lot. However, in an accident, he unexpectedly found the advantage of his lop ears and learned to accept himself. The images of this picture book were colorful while still friendly and sincere, properly presenting the scenes in the story, helping children to develop the concept of loving both others and themselves.

A Study of the Innovative Design of Picture Book Creation Using Mixed Media

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 2683-2686
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Basic Design ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation

This study performed the creation using mixed media of innovative technology combining hand drawing and computer graphing, with the learning topic being the picture books from the basic design curriculum for the students from the Department of Commercial Design of a Technology University. The works were presented orally by the students and the results were exhibited. The works were evaluated by two teachers with specialties in design. The work with the best performance was Best Memory. The story was about how a girl had grown up. This book is suitable for parents to read with their children and educate their children using this opportunity. The images in the book are colorful and vivid, showing the family members love and best wishes for the newborn. This story can be used to teach children to care about and help newborns, making this book both entertaining and educational.

A Study of Creative Artworks for Picture Books Colored Using Mixed Media and Computer-Aided Design

2011 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Aided Design

This study aimed to perform a case study of the artworks colored using mixed media by applying qualitative methods. The teacher and the students wrote the story and completed the storyboard through interactive discussion teaching. With the knowledge of the properties of current painting papers and media used for coloring, the teacher was able to guide the students to choose paper of better quality, and select proper mixed media to create their artworks, so that the picture book could be richer and more delicate. Furthermore, documentary analysis was performed with current documents related to picture books to provide the students references for their artworks. Finally, the students were guided to process their graphs and arrange the layout using computer software, to complete a picture book artwork colored using mixed media by both hand-drawing and computer graphing and this study.

scholarly journals L’abito immaginato. Abbigliamento e identità nell’albo illustrato moderno

2020 ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Claudia Pazzini
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Children's Picture Books ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One

The essay focuses on the examination of a selection of children’s picture books on the theme of clothing as an element of identity and as a means of personal and social transformation. The gender stereotype has always deprived children of the freedom to imagine themselves different from the imposed social model. Modern quality literature aims to free childhood from these constraints through stories that encourage the free expression of one's personality. "Clothing and childhood" is one of the binomial in which these themes appear most evident. While developing different plots, each selected book tells a story enriched by several levels of reading, more or less evident, and this is also due to particularly accurate illustrations, capable of adding further nuances to the text. Furthermore, even if characterized by the symbolic presence of clothes,  these picture books do not make them the narrative fulcrum. In each of these case studies, clothing becomes a pretext for a journey of self-discovery and affirmation of one's individuality in the world. These case studies are a concrete example of the potential of the picture book as a vehicle of complex concepts and stratifications of complementary or parallel meanings that emerge from the dynamic relationship of the text with the image. Each double page opens multiple, free interpretative paths that can be taken at each reading, as the eye catches new aspects and the thought opens up to new discoveries. The imaginary dress is therefore one of the many parallel topics that it was possible to address through these books, with which the possible interpretations of clothing in children's literature have been explored, highlighting above all how much garments are objects charged with metasignification or with projections of a identity in formation such as the one of children.

scholarly journals Gender Representation in Perpustakaan Intan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Riskia Setiarini ◽  
Supiastutik Supiastutik ◽  
Dina Dyah Kusumayanti ◽  
Hadi Sampurna ◽  
Erna Cahyawati
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Children's Picture Books ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Multimodality Approach

There is little research on gender-related children's picture books in Indonesia. In this article, we discuss the disclosure of gender representation in a picture book entitled Perpustakaan Intan. The high number appearances of women, the actions pinned on women, and the clothes displayed in both text and images are materials for visualizing women and men. Previous studies have revealed that men dominate the number of appearances in books. However, this book displays women more often than men. On the one hand, this raises the question of whether this means women are in power, and on the other hand, men are portrayed as powerless. Utilizing the multimodality approach, the results show that although women appear more in the narrative, women are still represented as less powerful.

A Study of Art Creation for Picture Books Painted with Mixed Media

2011 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Documentary Analysis

This study aimed to use mixed media as paint, through case study with interactive discussion teaching method between the teacher and the students, to plan for and design a storyboard as the script. Current papers used for painting and characteristics of mixed media paint were introduced to the students to help them choose papers and mixed media according to their own specialties, so that they could come up with a picture book with richer and more delicate content. Furthermore, documentary analysis was conducted with current documents related to picture book creation in order to provide students references for their creation. Finally, the students were guided to use computer graphing software to edit the scanned hand-drawings and perform typesetting. Eventually, the art creation of a picture book with both hand-drawing and computer graphing was completed.

A Study of Mixed Media Creative Artwork Designed with Computer Software

2011 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Children's Picture Books ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Adobe Illustrator ◽  
Creative Artwork

A case study was conducted to explore the mixed media creative artwork, a picture book hand-drawn by an 8-year old child. First, the documentary analysis of materials related to children's picture books was conducted to understand the features of materials and the essence of stories. After rounds of discussion teaching, the parents guided the author to create a story, characters, items, and sets, and to arrange colors. This process took 6 months. 14 hand-drawn works were completed. Then those drawings were scanned with Photoshop and the layout was arranged with Adobe Illustrator. Finally, discussions of the problems encountered during the process of creation were conducted and suggestions were proposed.

A Study of Mixed Media Art Creation for Children’s Picture Books

2011 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 172-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Media Art ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Children's Picture Books ◽  
The Creation ◽  
In The Beginning

The purpose of this study is to create art media of picture books for children using mixed media coatings. In the beginning, through document analysis, the types, characteristics, and styles of current picture books were discussed as references for the creation. Then through interactive teaching with discussions, the teacher and students started to plan for the content and the storyboard of the picture book. And the graphic script had been discussed and revised several times. And delicate sketches were completed, scanned, and edited with the software Photoshop. Finally, the art creation for picture books using both hand drawings and computer graphing with mixed media was completed.

A Study of Creative Artworks of Picture Books with Tableware Colored Using Mixed Media

2011 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 177-181
Author(s):  
Rui Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Outdoor Activities ◽  
Central Taiwan ◽  
Class Teacher

The purpose of this study is to complete the creative artworks colored using mixed media for the picture books which come as free gifts with the children’s tableware by cooperating with companies in central Taiwan. The personification method was applied to the story marketing design to create a leading character, Baby Cow, with western imagery and eastern quality. The pictures were drawn by hands because it is warm and may imply children’s healthy and vigorous qualities. The design also focuses on several good friends of the leading character, with season changes and corresponding outdoor activities. Moreover, the researcher asked a class teacher from a technology university to guide her students from the design department to make their creative artworks for picture books through group discussions. The results of their designs not only solved the companies’ designing problem but also met the expected goal. And students were able to get to know the industry earlier. The purpose of combining practices with theories for curriculum learning was achieved. And the teacher had learned more about the practical aspect, which helped to improve her professional knowledge.

scholarly journals Where the Wild Things Are

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 128-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riitta Oittinen
Keyword(s):  
Picture Books ◽  
English Language ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Forthcoming Book ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Classical Picture

Abstract Translating picture books is a many-splendored thing: it includes not only the relationship between the verbal and the visual (images and other elements) but also issues like reading aloud and child images. In the following, while mainly concentrating on the visual, I will deal with the other questions as well, as they all interact and influence each other. My starting point is translating as rewriting for target-language audiences – we always need to ask the crucial question: “For whom?” Hence, while writing children’s books is writing for children, translating children’s literature is translating for children. (See Hunt 1990:1, 60-64 and Oittinen 2000.) The reasons why I take such a special interest in translating picture books are twofold: cultural and national as well as individual. In Finland, we translate a lot: 70-80% of all the books published for children annually are translations. From the perspective of picture books, the number may be even higher (and 90% of the translations come from the English language; see Rättyä 2002:18-23). Moreover, being an artist and translator of picture books makes me especially keen on the visual as a translation scholar as well. As a case study, I have chosen Maurice Sendak’s classical picture book Where the Wild Things Are and its translations into German, Swedish and Finnish. At the background of my article is my book Translating for Children (2000) as well as my forthcoming book Kuvakirja kääntäjän kädessä on translating picture books. Due to copyright reasons, I only have picture examples from illustrations of my own.

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