插画作为视觉传达体系中的一种重要形式,正被越来越多地运用到日常书刊杂志、平面艺术设计中。插画艺术的表现形式也多种多样,这决定了创作技法的迥异。手绘是插画创作最主要的技法。在绘图表达的统筹范围内,黑白木刻作为一种传统、古老基本形式与平面设计中的黑白插画存在着紧密地联系。插图艺术是人类最古老的画种之一。人类起初的成型的语言文字是象形文字。它是一种有问有图的文字。凭借着这种特性,人们对它的探究便无止境。我的理解是象形文字既是最早的文字又是最早的插 As an important form of visual communication system, illustration is being applied more and more to daily books, magazines and graphic arts. The art of illustration is also varied, which determines the different techniques of creation. Hand-painted illustration is the most important technique. In the context of graphic representation, black and white woodcut as a tradition, the ancient basic forms and black and white illustrations in graphic design are closely linked. Illustration art is one of the oldest paintings of mankind. The primitive language of human beings is hieroglyphs. It is a questionable figure. With this feature, people will endless exploration of it. My understanding is that hieroglyphs are both the oldest and the earliest ones