Visual Narrative Art Through The Years

By Ida Dorsey


Narrative art an art form that usually tells a story. It narrates a certain sequence of events in life or can be an existing story to be told. Years before it was created, people are telling stories with photographs. But, most of them have no certain knowledge about the story being told. It is also hard for them to read all ancient photos, as they are not properly organized.

Stories are told with the use of many ocular images to create certain imaginations that would induce certain emotions and may capture aspirations and truths. Typically, the main thing about the visual narrative art is its ability to narrate certain stories in a diverse culture and keep on preserving them for the next generations.

There are numerous forms of narrative around the world. Among of the driving forms are pictures, either moving or still, articulated language, mixture of all substances and gestures, narrative is present in fables, legend, myth, short stories, history, epics, comedy, paintings, tragedy and a lot more.

Moreover, this form is always present, in different places and societies. It starts with a great history of mankind. An art always illustrate and tell stories. It also describes a certain event from daily lives. Of individuals from folk tales, myths and even texts.

Actually, anyone forgets that story telling is a matter of giving the information of most stories with an amount of visual clutter. It is also easy to lose a certain visual information that we start to distract from the necessary aspects. There are also several ways to approach narrative in your photos. Actually, there is no right or wrong with the things you are going to do it.

Actually, it is also an interest for the academic community, such as most educators, scholars and thinkers. Typically, they have tried to understand the impact or power of photos and the whole industry of every individual and societies. There are characteristics that could determine the difference of the visual narratives from others, with the use of numerous perspectives, in social and environmental value.

Good storytellers usually come from all walks of life, form of arts and professions. They are usually a unique one who can function both author and artist that would influence and entertain your creative thoughts through creating a thing in the field of arts and literature. There are actually different films that may also redefine history or tell the whole future.

Most of the narratives become an experience and moment that could never be forgotten over time. This would be cherished forever. These work of time have survived the test of a lifetime, becomes a great part of the history and cultural identities.

In all form of fine arts, advertising, game designs, graphic novels, Picture books, animation and illustration, there would be always a growing demand for original and talented content creators. So, regardless of the medium and style, to able anyone to become responsible of visual storytelling and be able to shape their own artistic voices, and identities.




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