Chinese Contemporary Cartoon Painting Light And Shadow Features

The expression and application of light and shadow is a key element in Chinese contemporary cartoon painting. For those artists engaged in cartoon painting, light and shadow is not only a way to reproduce the subjective and objective world, but also effective means to organize the picture structure and express the creator's feelings and emotions.This paper will mainly discuss the characteristics of the application and expression of light and shadow in Chinese contemporary cartoon painting. The primary problem is what the characteristics are.Through illustrations analysis and comparison, we could conclude that the light and shadow in cartoon painting is surreal and illusive, which has more close and tight link with the artists'emotions, and at the same time embodies the new time and space features and new vision. Furthermore, there are also a lot of complex problems related to the primary one.For example, why the cartoon painting has such kind of light and shadow? How does the painting exhibit it and what is the relation between the light and shadow and other visual elements, etc.?All the above deserve attention and solution during research. To comprehend the light and shadow in cartoon painting helps to deepen the understanding of this painting, the period and society related to it as well.This paper has 5 chapters to analyze and demonstrate the expression of light and shadow in Chinese contemporary cartoon painting.The first chapter presents the concept of cartoon painting and the application of light and shadow in order to lead to the theme of this paper and provide a basis for the following discussion.The second chapter introduces the expression ways of light and shadow in cartoon painting from the perspective of their shaping.The third chapter analyzes the roles of light and shadow in cartoon painting creation. The fourth one illustrates the characteristics of the light and shadow in cartoon painting and the reasons for it. And the last chapter states the relationship between this light and shadow and contemporary experiences.