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Elitism and the intellectual hierarchies of creative practice 精英主义和创造性实践的智力等级

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00116_7

Alan Male

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Design and How! The history, theory and impact of Virginia Lee Burton’s design pedagogy 如何设计！弗吉尼亚·李·伯顿设计教学法的历史、理论和影响

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00109_1

Helen Ives

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The sublime landscapes of Frankenstein 《弗兰肯斯坦》的壮丽景色

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00107_1

Amy de Nobriga

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Tears and rain – AI and authorship: Challenging concepts of the unique through unauthored rarity 眼泪和雨-人工智能和作者：挑战独特的概念，通过非作者的稀有

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00113_1

Pete Williams

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Refusing representation: Illustrative uses of the black square 拒绝代表：黑色方块的说明性使用

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00110_1

Catrin Morgan

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The neurological basis for non-visual illustration 非视觉说明的神经学基础

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00117_7

Jiatong ‘Diana’ Dai

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Lullabies in Lockdown illustration exhibition 《禁闭中的摇篮曲》插画展

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00108_1

Beth Duggleby

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Teaching illustration students to reject stereotyping and cultural inaccuracy through research-based assignments 通过以研究为基础的作业，教导插画学生拒绝刻板印象和文化不准确

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00111_1

Alison Nowak

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Colouring In: An attempt at polyvocal publishing 着色：多声音出版的尝试

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00106_1

Stephanie Black, Luise Vormittag

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Immersive study in illustration narrative of vernacular culture: A practice-based research in northern Italy 乡土文化插画叙事的沉浸式研究：意大利北部的实践研究

Journal of Illustration Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/jill_00114_1

Yuqing Zhu, Yunyu Ouyang

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