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Hello friends, see you again with mbaleloo. This time we will tell stories and share experiences that have been passed. Do you know the function of an image illustration, if you haven't yet, let's peel it down a little and get to know what is meant by illustration.

Illustration is an image visualization to represent an idea, written work or idea that you want to appear through the image. Illustrations can be made through manual or digital images or through paintings that depict an idea, where the idea or idea can and will be enjoyed by many people and understood by many parties. Apart from painting, nowadays, many creators create illustrations of ideas using digital images, photography, or videography, as well as through other works of art.

The basic purpose of an illustration is to explain or decorate a story, writing, poem, or other written information. It is hoped that with the help of visuals, the writing is easier to digest. And from this illustration we can also see a little back about its history. The concept of illustration can be revisited to the past through prehistoric wall paintings and the concept of hieroglyphic writing.

The golden age of United States illustration took place in 1880, after World War I. This occurred along with the popularity of newspapers, magazines, and illustrated books that allowed the artist to experiment with techniques. It was during this time that many illustrators became rich and famous. The theme that often emerged was the aspirations of the American people at that time.

In Europe, artists during the golden age were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite and design-oriented movements such as the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, and Les Nabis. Examples include Walter Crane, Edmund Dulac, Aubrey Beardsley, Arthur Rackham and Kay Nielsen.

At present, illustration is growing with the use of many auxiliary software such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDraw, and CAD. However, traditional hand-drawn illustrations still hold great value.

In Indonesia, the history of the illustration tradition can refer to cave paintings found in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi province and on the island of Papua. The imprint of the illustration which is almost 5000 years old depicts a pile of red terracotta fingers. In addition to cave paintings, wayang beber in traditional Javanese and Balinese entertainment is seen as an illustration that represents the storyline of the Mahabharata, a tradition that roughly coincided with the establishment of the Hindu kingdom of Sriwijaya on the southern island of Sumatra.

And it is from this background that today illustrations are needed in various parts of the world. Not a few big companies are also competing to find an illustrator who can represent the company's ideas so that they can compete in the market in order to get loyal consumers with the results produced by the company. And this is a little information that might increase our knowledge regarding illustration and can increase our enthusiasm to stay as rich as possible so that we get maximum results and are liked by many people.

Today in the modern world and everything that is needed quickly and precisely forms something that is sustainable so that it becomes a routine that keeps on repeating itself. And permeating the joints of our lives, the activities are so fast and the activities are so high with the high needs of life that each individual must continue to work without knowing time and over and over again. This busyness makes many individuals or someone experience boredom in living life and the activities that are being undertaken.

And therefore in this era of globalization, there are not many places of entertainment provided in every big city. In addition, these entertainment venues are competing to offer various kinds of entertainment to entertain the cities who are tired of their daily activities, unable to restore their minds so they are not haunted by stress due to the busyness they live every day.

In addition to looking for places of entertainment, many people also entertain themselves by doing the things they like and not infrequently they form an association or a community that does the same thing. Like playing music together, cycling around the city together, doing mountain climbing with friends, relatives and family or making art together.

And art in big cities as it is today has become one of the trends favored by today's urban communities. Urban art or urban art was born because of the longing to respond to the creativity of people living in urban areas with all their problems. Then came the effort of a group of people to bring art in the midst of society by way of expression in the public space. The expressions displayed are expressions that try to portray the problems that often occur and dominate urban communities which include social, economic, political and cultural issues through art media which are motivated by the growth and capitalization of the city itself.

By expressing themselves through art to express and escape from their daily routines, it will be entertainment in itself, apart from being entertained and getting rid of the hustle and bustle of everyday life, they can also show off their works of art that are created while working in every corner of the city. And like what mbaleloo does, by painting objects directly in every corner of the city, it is also an alternative to work and entertain yourself from the noise of the city. Painting directly gives its own color. You can paint like photographing social events that occur in front of your eyes while doing these activities, or even painting magnificent buildings in the middle of the city, busy streets with motorists passing by and many more that can be painted or drawn directly. And painting directly can be an option to work in the middle of a very sparkling city and recolor every corner of the city that is painted.