BASIC DRAWING

AND ILLUSTRATION
RONALD R. CASTILLO
ILLUSTRATOR
DIVISION OF BAGO CITY
 CREATIVE ARTS MANAGEMENT

• Refers to visual arts standards,

guidelines, and policies managed
by the BLR (Bureau of Learning
Resource) to ensure that all visual
arts in the learning resources
reinforce and supplement the
teaching-learning concepts
effectively and appropriately.
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE

• Describes the DepEd BLR

standards in creating illustrations,
photographs and other visual
images in the development of
learning resources.
 ARTWORK

• Is an illustration, photograph, or
other non-textual material
prepared for inclusion in the
publication of learning resources.
 ILLUSTRATIONS

• Include the drawings, photo

illustrations, charts, graphs,
diagrams, and all types of
graphics created for interpretation
or visual explanation of text,
concepts, or process, included in
published learning resources.
 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ILLUSTRATION AND DRAWING?

• Drawing is an art or technique of

representing an object or outlining
a figure, plan or sketch by means of
lines.

• Illustration is a picture or image that

is used to clarify or decorate a text.
 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ILLUSTRATION AND DRAWING?

• Illustrations can include various

forms of visual representations
including drawing. The main
difference between drawing and
illustration is that drawing is a form
of self-expression whereas,
illustration is a professional work
which has a commercial value.
 TYPES OF
ILLUSTRATION

WOODCUTTING
ILLUSTRATION
 TYPES OF
ILLUSTRATION

PENCIL
ILLUSTRATION
 TYPES OF
ILLUSTRATION

CHARCOAL
ILLUSTRATION
 TYPES OF
ILLUSTRATION

LITHOGRAPY
ILLUSTRATION
 CATEGORIES OF ILLUSTRATION

Conventionally Computer Drawn Art

Drawn Art
• Drawn by hand on
• created by hand on a computer using
paper using pencil, Adobe Illustrator,
pen or similar Adobe Photoshop
drawing tool. and Paint Tool Sai.
 PURPOSE OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Attract attention (get the learner’s interest)

• Guide (give the learners information)
• Clarify ( explain text/information for better
understanding)
• Elaborate ( detail more about the subject’s
text explanation)
• Provides option ( for readers who learn
visually)
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN INTEGRATING
ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Audience Profile
2. Nature of content
3. Learning context/ environment
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE FOR
ILLUSTRATIONS
• The placement of illustrations should be carefully
planned.
• All illustrations should fit within the print block of the
manuscript page usually between 4 and 5 ½ inches
(width) and between 7 and 8 ½ (height). All print
must remain legible after being reduced to fit.
• Illustration must maintain definition when printed in
black and white or color. Black ink lines should be
solid and uniformly black in all parts of the line.
Color illustrations should be set in grayscale or
desaturated.
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE FOR
ILLUSTRATIONS
• Illustration should be original, simple, clear, free of
clutter, proportioned and in the right perspective.
• Illustration should be appropriate for the learner’s
age and grade level.
• For K to 3, bigger images are preferred because
learners at these levels are highly visual.
• Illustrations should adhere to DepEd’s social content
guidelines.
• Preferably, illustrations are no boxed or framed. If
frames are necessary, make sure that these are
consistent in fitness which is (1) point black solid line.
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE FOR
ILLUSTRATIONS
• If the focus or important part of the illustration is not
clearly determined, there is a need to use callouts
to emphasize it.
• All units of measure and scale used in the drawing
must be specified.
• The subject of an artwork should be illustrated
facing toward the gutter of the page.
• Inject motion in the illustrations, especially when the
activity is described on the lesson.
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE FOR
ILLUSTRATIONS
• To unify artwork, illustrator has to apply
compositional techniques or approaches such as
the rule of thirds, rule of odds, and rule of space.
These techniques create a feeling of comfort or
ease, or an illusion of movement for the artwork.
• Process illustrations should have individual pictures
or frames.
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE FOR MAPS AND
GRAPHS
• Determine the type and size of map before
illustrating.
• In illustrating maps, show only relevant information.
• Reduce the amount of detail in illustrating maps to
avoid overwhelming the reader.
• Include four cardinal directions in illustrating maps.
• Put keys or legends in the illustrated map for better
understanding.
• (Optional) Put a latitude and longitude line to
divide the map vertically and horizontally.
 ARTWORK STYLE GUIDE FOR MAPS AND
GRAPHS
• Illustrations should be labelled with an identifying
caption and title. The figure source should be
acknowledged. Ensure that the orientation of
tables, graphs and diagrams is readable.
• Use Century Gothic or Arial font for tables, graphs
and diagrams. Do not use fonts that are decorative
and hard to read.
 PROHIBITIONS IN ILLUSTRATING THE
PHILIPPINE FLAG
• Do not mutilate, deface, defile the illustration of the
Philippine flag.
• Do not draw the Philippine flag in drapes, festoon,
or in table cloth.
• Do not draw the Philippine flag as covering for
ceiling, in walls, statues and other objects.
• Do not draw the Philippine flag in staff, whip,
unveiling monuments or statues.
• Do not draw the Philippine flag in industrial,
commercial, or agricultural labels or designs
 PROHIBITIONS IN ILLUSTRATING THE
PHILIPPINE FLAG
• Do not draw the Philippine flag in discotheques,
cockpits, night and day clubs, casinos, gambling
joints and places of vice or where frivolity prevails.
• Do not draw the Philippine flag in whole or in part in
costume or uniform.
• Do not add any word, figure, mark, picture, design,
drawings, advertisement, or in print of any nature
on the national flag.
• Do not paint or attach representation of the
National flag on handkerchiefs, napkins, cushions,
and articles of merchandise.