Image and Text: the Art of Illustration

Illustrations are a vital component of fiction, especially for children’s literature. The images accompanying the texts often impress the consciousness of the reader more than the text itself and without illustrations it is now impossible to imagine this or that composition. This link that exists between the text, the image and the reader’s imagination makes the responsibility of the illustrator even heavier and complicates his/her work. How the image should be brought closer to the text, what is the relation between animations and illustrations? Hayk Hambardzumyan talks about these issues with painter, animation director Naira Muradyan.