When creating the thesis, the first question was about what a drawing is, how a story could be told with them and how to digitize drawings. The goal was to research the properties of analogue drawings compared to their digitized counterpart. Furthermore, find out how much of a story we can really tell with drawings. First, a review of recorded facts and content about drawings, their history, drawing materials and techniques, digitization and scanners was carried out. An overview of six Slovenian illustrators, who are important for understanding the styles and methods of illustration in our country, was also created.
The thesis research was undertaken by creating eight drawings, which were digitalized and then placed together to form a story. Drawings were drawn with different tools. These were felt-tip pens, coloured pencils, ballpoint pens, charcoal, classic pencils, oil pastels, dry pastels and tempera paint with brushes. Work began by defining the story and attributing a story part to a specific style. After that, sketches were drawn, which were later concretely drawn with the corresponding materials. First, the drawings were analyzed for their similarities, differences, and deviations between the analogue and digital versions. The analyses performed were optical analysis, size analysis and color space value of each drawing analysis. The story of these eight drawings was presented to people of different age groups. First, the analog version with only drawings, and later with the added text in the form of a brochure.
A survey with short questions to collect response data was also created. Moreover, each individual’s answers were recorded. Research has shown that drawings had many differences after digitization, and one of the main influences of those was the colours. Some colours looked lighter, some darker, and others more or less pigmented. The drawings looked very bright, and because of that, it was necessary to make corrections before printing the images. This was followed by research on different understandings of this story, according to the addition of a textual explanation. Everyone can interpret drawings differently. Some people create their own stories, and some prefer that the author directs them towards their meaning. When text was added to the drawings, everyone understood the story better. Thus, it was found that a better storytelling choice was to add a written story to the drawings. Of course, if the author wanted to tell his story. It can always be chosen to leave the drawings up for interpretation.
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