The state of the art: A panel discussion on illustration in a changing marke…
Cathy Fishel
Print; Jan/Feb 2001; 55, 1; Research Library
pg. 50
Discussion about place of Illustration is not new. It is going since digital replaced print. What is the place of stock illustration in modern world?
James McMullan says:”…stock is not going to exist in a couple of years.” This talk about dying print seems to me pretty logical thou the article was written in 2001 and print as well as illustration still alife. Probably I should say that the way which Graphic Deign and print Illustration are going is pretty obvious.
Thou I hope that Illustration is not deing it is just changing. I totally agree with James McMullan who says that:”I don’t think there is going as much in the world of five or ten years from now.But what is going to be is a new vitality, a new connection to the culture.”
Illustration should find new place in a new digital world. This is the only way when Illustration can survive-it should be changed by it self, find the way of outcome in internet, digital and web world.
Michael Shapiro is very optimistic about graphic age:”I’m very optimistic because we live in a graphic age and an age of an almost unbounded creativity.The internet is unlocking for the individual creator. It’s opening new markets.”
I agree with that opinion.
Certainly Illustration does not mean so much now unfortunately. Many schools stopped the programs of teaching the illustrators because after graduations they can not be successfully employed or do not make enough money for surviving.
Niemann says:”The idea of teaching illustration in school is wrong. It should be taught in the context of design.”
Chwast agree with that opinion saying that “it’s a way of survival of illustration.”
So, thinking about Illustration in the Digital age to survive Illustration should be changed as well as Illustrators. Illustration should find new connection to the world though the Web and Internet and illustrators should be taught designers.
Cathy Fishel. (2001, January). The state of the art: A panel discussion on illustration in a changing marketplace. Print, 55(1), 50-55. Retrieved October 11, 2009, from Research Library. (Document ID: 69909934).
