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Form: Composition |
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How is art different from illustration?
The primary difference between art and illustration is intent. While illustrators want you to understand everything in an instant, artists intentionally keep their work provocative and open-ended. Artists use composition to get you thinking about what lies beneath the surface; their goal is to convince you to spend time with the image and perceive multiple layers of meaning. Commercial illustrators sometimes graft the look or form of fine art onto commercial messages, but the meaning of the original artwork is lost in the process. Commercial art states the concrete and obvious, whereas fine art explores the complex and unknown. Original artworks invite us to consider, analyze, and interpret the world around us.
Beauty secrets revealed
One secret to beauty in art is its underlying organization — its rhythm, balance, proportions, and space. The artist arranges these compositional elements in a harmonious way, creating an organic, unified whole. Often these elements merge so seamlessly that there is no clear way to distinguish among them.
Getting involved
A strong, unified composition draws us into an artwork, and involves us in the complex ideas and inspiration behind it. Click on the image to learn more about the inspiration behind the piece.
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| Margaret Neill |
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