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Diploma thesis 2024digitalna ilustracija · digitalna interaktivna knjiga · interaktivna ilustracija

Oblikovanje in ilustriranje vsebine za otroško interaktivno digitalno knjigo

Art has always been a means of human expression, enabling us to convey emotions into stories and images.

Sara ŽirovnikMedijska produkcija · supervisor mag. Stevan Čukalac · defence november 2024
In brief

The project in five facts.

AuthorSara Žirovnik
Supervisormag. Stevan Čukalac
Module—Medijska produkcija
Employer / clientAcademia
Year2024november 2024
About the project

Challenge, approach and results.

Art has always been a means of human expression, enabling us to convey emotions into stories and images. Traditional methods of art are closely linked to human history and heritage. After conducting the focus group, she added the essential elements that her young participants had suggested to the author.

Problem

Art has always been a means of human expression, enabling us to convey emotions into stories and images.

Solution and Method

Traditional methods of art are closely linked to human history and heritage. However, the advent of technology has initiated a completely new era of artistic creation. A well-designed illustrated children's book is not merely a collection of images and text, but a work of art.

Illustrations are not just pictures added to a book, but important decorative elements that add a new dimension to understanding the story and give it meaning. Thus, the illustrator is an important part of every illustrated book, whether it be a traditional book or a digital one. In illustration, traditional methods and media have long been the main foundation.

These techniques, ranging from pencil sketches to watercolour, acrylic and oil painting, embody the essence of illustration in its most classical form. Just as traditional art does, digital art also requires its own palette of skills and artistic flair. Digital illustrated books are lacking in Slovenia.

She wanted to create interactive digital illustrations that would further enhance the digital book and reading experience. Since we already live in a completely digital world, I think it is time for books to be included as well. This also makes them accessible to a wider audience.

With online lending or digital purchase of books, access to them is made easier, whilst also saving the Earth. Personally, she wanted storytelling to become interesting and dynamic, with added sound that convinces the reader and further attracts interest in the story. Whether it is a whimsical children's book or an informative infographic, illustrations play a key role in conveying ideas and capturing their imagination.

The diploma thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical and the research-application part. In the theoretical part, she explored everything from classical illustration to the digital interactive book, programmes for creating them and the implementation of interactivity. She then conducted an analysis of illustrators and the target group and began creating the product.

It began with a story that gradually flowed into illustrations, which in turn became a book with the necessary interactivity.

Results

After conducting the focus group, she added the essential elements that her young participants had suggested to the author.

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