The task about the assignment is to define what illustration means. After that, we have to required to conceptualise for module title, Illustration and Visual Narrative / IVN.
For my first step for doing this assignment, I researched the history about Illustration.
Through the history of Illustration, there were many illustrator in early to mid 19 century, John Leech, George Cruikshank.
John Tenniel who illustrated Lewis Carrol's Alice Adventure in Wonderland.
Some of the best and most loved art during 19 century and there was a period of Victorian Era and into the present day has been produced as illustration by illustrator.
For example, Waterhouse and Henry Justice Ford, Maxfield Parrish, Edward Hopper. They using oil paint, pen and ink, woodcut to illustrate with a fine arts feel. 
done by Maxfield Parrish
done by Henry Justice Ford
There have a lot of illustration work in that time that really impress me. I like the way they express their drawing in illustration with fine art feel. I have an idea seem that a lot of illustration works had done in Victorian Era, so I set up the title is called Victorian Era just wonder to recognise the golden age of illustration.
Research for Illustration
'Illusrtation for art's sake'
Illustration can be describe fine art feel, art of creating images to complement expressions
in other media.
Illustration is new elements of creativity beauty of the works so that can attract viewers' interest .
Illustration is hand made media such as drawing, painting, etching.
Research for Visual
Visual is something that seeing or sight, transform from invisible to visible.
Visual present information in visually tidy and meaningful way, readable and recognisable.
Reserach for Narrative
Narrative is story telling , perspective insignificant, perhaps emphasizing.
Theme and Title: Victoria Era
Concept : Steampunk + Mechanical
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industralized Western civilization during the 19th century or period of Victorian Era. Design my illustration into steampunk concept is taking place in Victorian Era but include advanced machines based on 19th century technology. Steampunk and Victorian Era is can be describe that they have connection for each others.
Examples
I have try out with different concept.
The first concepts I drew is Nature
The second were using different shape and line to create the IVN Word.
Some of the sketches that inspired me for my Final
overlapping of drawing elephants and create a texture effect
concept of electricity
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My final outcome
