Kinetic Universal Consciousness in Illustration Digital Applications
Chapter from the book:
Kaya,
S.
E.
&
Arslan,
D.
(eds.)
2023.
Current Readings on Graphic Design.
Synopsis
Illustrations are areas that require important visual expression and responsibility in the name of social awareness. From the primitive life period to the present day, there have always been illustrations that enable communication and interaction. We can regard these drawings on the cave walls as the first illustrations. Illustrations are illustrations that explain the text and expand its meaning. In fact, these visual expressions are a tool that consciously guides people and even makes visible the information that is overlooked in situations where they are unconsciously insensitive. This acceleration created by today's multimedia, thanks to illustration, aims to visualize information together with technology, raise awareness, show responsibility and sensitivity, and raise this to the highest level. In this context, the creation of new presentation environments brought about by digitalization has paved the way for new advantages in raising awareness. Nowadays, in the name of awareness on different issues (earthquakes, floods, stray animals, traffic accidents, murders, etc.), visual contents are produced that enable multi-sensory interactions that develop awareness of responsibility among people. Usefulness can be said to be a kinetic visual touch. In this study; By discussing the digital illustrations made by the earthquake of February 6, 2023, the illustrations that are effective in developing universal consciousness through visual and written sources were discussed and examined. These digital illustrations made by different illustrators on the internet to show awareness about earthquakes constitute the problem of the research, which is a case study. Within the framework of this problem, how the digital illustrations made for the sake of this sensitivity regarding the earthquake issue look or can look and how they will be perceived are discussed in a visual context. The importance of the data obtained through literature review and the digital illustration examples made for the Turkey earthquake on February 6, 2023, obtained on the internet, in terms of creating awareness, was emphasized.