A Study Of Healing Illustration Design From The Perspective Of Artistic Healing

With the rapid economic and cultural development of contemporary society,people are facing various life and work pressures,leading to a large number of psychological disorders,and also due to many social and family factors that are catalyzing the development of depression.Depression is a mood disorder that includes a variety of emotions such as sadness,pain,autism,anxiety,etc.It is a mental illness that seriously affects the physical and mental health of patients.Therefore,people need more time to build a healthy mental world,relieve the stress and negative emotions in real life,and allow their body and mind to fully relax.The pursuit of self-mental health has led to an increasing demand for art healing in society as a whole.This project uses art healing theory as an entry point to investigate the use of healing illustrations as a bridge to communicate with depressed patients in art healing,so that depressed patients can be comforted in the soul.Firstly,the theoretical basis of art healing theory and the association between healing illustration and art healing was used to organize and summarize the various knowledge points through literature analysis,and to understand how healing illustration can soothe patients’ emotions and make their hearts feel warm.Secondly,through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods such as questionnaires for the general public and interviews with depression patients,the real needs and emotional expressions of target users are summarized,and the content positioning of healing illustration is clarified by combining various visual expressions such as color,graphics,composition and texture with illustration as the means of expression.Finally,the design practice and extended application were carried out from the design of daily application of illustration,the design of H5 application of illustration,the design of depression-related knowledge manual,etc.to improve the overall design of the healing illustration of "Embrace Your Imperfection".This series of illustrations is different from the traditional illustration design,combined with new media for dissemination,to explore the value system of healing illustration applied to psychological healing.Finally,based on the feedback from individuals and groups on the results of the healing illustration design,it is concluded that the healing illustration has a certain degree of healing effect on patients’ psychology.The author expects to find more possibilities for the development of social functions in the current art market of healing illustrations,and to provide research reference and inspiration for the treatment of depression patients by art healing.At the same time,it will not only have a positive impact on the mood of depressed patients,but also raise people’s concern about the intervention of art healing in the treatment of depression,which has practical social significance.