An illustration style can inform a lot about a particular piece. By choosing an airy, detailed style it can emphasize the ethereal, giving it a magical feel. By going with a blocky, minimal style, the piece becomes gritty, slightly more realistic. It can tell us about the world that we are looking at, filtered through the eyes of the illustrator, thus setting the stage for whatever happens there and telling us what kind of action to expect.

The use of a given illustration style helps us to frame the stories that will be happening in the world that we are looking at, even for an advertisement. As we are always looking for information on what we are looking at, the style itself can impart a lot of information for those looking at it. For illustrations accompanying a story, the illustration helps us picture what is happening in the story through a particular lens, making it easier to fill in the blanks about the society, the people, and what happens there. The style that is used to illustrate the piece says so much about it, and thus the decision to use a particular style must be chosen with great care to get the story across. Related Article : IF kernel