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illustration

Artwork made to communicate content, ideas, or narrative visually

Artwork made to communicate content or ideas visually.

Visual Treatments & Formal Design
illustration · Valley with a river and mountain ranges

Valley with a river and mountain ranges

Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.

A phrase to start with

Specifies artwork that communicates content.

Appearance and effects

Visual elements communicate content or ideas.

Visual traits

  • Visual explanation
  • Communication of intent

Expected changes

  • Explanatory visual elements are more likely to appear

Five examples

1 — Medium-sized dog
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2 — Cat
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3 — Teenage boy
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4 — Unoccupied interior
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5 — Valley with a river and mountain ranges
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Meaning and scope

Definition

A genre that communicates content, ideas, or narrative through an image. Subject, art style, medium, and presentation format are separate choices.

In more detail

It uses form, color, and scene to communicate intent. The content to communicate can be specified separately.

Includes

  • Artwork carrying visual explanation or narrative

Excludes

  • A particular art style, subject, or medium
  • A photographic genre

What this does not imply

  • A particular art style, subject, or medium

Variability

Specify the communicated content separately.

Usage and adjustments

Usage

  • Specify only the artwork role

Distinguish similar expressions

  • Specify subject separately

Typical uses

  • Communicate an idea visually

Possible failure modes

  • The intended message is unclear

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From the same theme

Items linked through explicit membership in the same theme.