Research is the gathering and collecting of data information and facts for the advancement of knowledge.
Research increases our understanding of the topic. It helps us understand the issue in more detail. Pose a question, anwser the question using research and present an anwser.
It is an essential part of problem solving. It is making sense of a topic or issue and being able to generate your own ideas from it.
There are two types of research, primary and secondary reseach.
Primary research is new research made by you to anwser specific issues or questions. Secondary research makes use of already available research.
Visual research is creating pictures, illustrations, diagrams and images. Illustrators research by drawing and surrounding themselves with things that 'inspire' them.
By using research it gives us a deeper understanding of the subject.
illustration is drawing, painting, photograph or other images, which is created to display sensual information such as a story, poem or newspaper article.
Illustrate = illuminate (show) = light up (explain)
Illustrators create images/pictures to descibe or explain text or 'pictures with meanings'. By understanding the priciple of illustration we can advance in our own practice. Illustrators find inspiration by collecting and observing things they like and find 'inspiring'.
'Inspiration is all around us'
The images below are from an illustrator that inspires my ideas and my own work. (angryblue)
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