As the society has developed rapidly till now, illustration arts has no longershown up as the form of an auxiliary text. Also, the carriers of it are not only books,newspaper or magazines. It can be said that Illustrations is now considered to be anabsolute transdisciplinary program which has cut a conspicuous figure in both realmof art and industry field. With the advent of Industrial Age, the appearance ofprinting technology enabled the development of Illustration Arts great changes thatthe spread of the Illustrations became more convenient and wide-ranging. However,Illustrations were confronted with recession for a period because of the emergenceof photography technology for the photos took place of the pictures in books andmagazines. But after experienced the era of which photographs had occupiedmagazines and advertisements, people no longer satisfied with those accuratepictures, but showed their expectations and requirements to modern illustrations.Nowadays, people’s interests of Illustration Arts are recovering. Illustration is neithera simple kind of art, nor Graphic Artist Design in large. With the wide spread ofcomputer technology in late90’s, more and more designer who makes pictures withcomputers has sprung rapidly. The combined using of software and hand-paintingplates has improved the production of digital illustration in order to meet thedemands of the market. And the effect is quite close to the hand-painted ones.What’s more, the pattern of manifestation is not only2D, even added to3D and4D.Modern Illustration Arts are not restricted to the media of books, magazines,advertisements and etc. We can find illustrations showing everywhere on theInternet or even in space environment. There are varieties of expression techniquesof illustrations, from traditional hand-painted to digital arts. Also we havephotography, collage, three-dimensional and mashup. In the day of everyone ispursuing personality, the art form of illustrations is welcomed by the fans deeply.The application area of arts has become broader; the art and commerce value itcan bring is limitless. With the background of Post-industrial society culture, oursociety has become a non material society with the explosion of information. More and more cooperation between brands and illustrators has come out because peoplestarted to pursue an artistic way of life. Meanwhile, more and more artists started aseries of activities revolved around illustrations. Such as produce peripheral products,form a relatively independent property gradually. These illustrators produced theirproducts from the images of illustrations and set up a new brand with the foundationof the images. There’s no limitation of material, no restriction of technique, no tackleof media in modern illustrations. Instead, it combines several fields with itscontainments, popularity and flexibility. It has evolved constantly and has establishedvisual forms with different and clear styles to reach the aim of passing information,persuading, and telling, educating and entertaining people. As one of the most directand impressive art forms, illustrations combine arts and commerce closely. In thismulti-culture and high-tech society, illustrations has broken through its original styleand has developed into a new art style which can influence our living cultures. Also,the appearance of different kinds of media has made the development ofillustrations into a new height.This paper proposes a conception of unbounded illustrations. Analyzes andstudies about modern illustrations from the new features of its functions, thinking,characteristics and applications through the culture, economy and politicalbackground. The paper also shows the use and art, commerce value of illustrations inthis society. It points out the reason of the emergence of the unbounded illustrationsand what will it bring. Also, it shows its analysis and expectations of the developedtendency of illustrations and predicts the direction of illustrations and its education.It is that, to meet the development of the society, modern illustrations shouldbecome independent. It should foster professional talented person withinterdisciplinary study pattern and construction type of learning to innovatecontinually and breaking down the original thinking. Illustrations are no longer a partbelow the Graphic Artist Design or a shameful field of arts. Chinese Modern Illustrations will show its unbounded in its manifestation mode and in its propagationmedium. And the illustrators will cooperate with all artists of different fields. |