The Process of Creating Illustrations for the Purpose of Exploring Emotions in Educational Work

Ovaj rad bavi se procesom izrade ilustracija za aktivnosti istraživanja emocija u odgojno-obrazovnom radu. Rad je koncipiran u nekoliko tematskih cjelina koje se odnose na različite faze istraživanja. Nakon uvoda, u kojem se iznose ciljevi i svrha rada, ispituje se što su to emocije, kakve odgovore daju znanstvena istraživanja emocija, emocionalni i socijalni razvoj osobe te kako se emocije izražavaju. Detaljnija razrada tematike kreće od treće cjeline u kojoj se razmatra prikaz emocija u ilustracijama Walt Disneyja i animiranom Pixarovom filmu „Izvrnuto-Obrnuto“. Slijedi analiza procesa kreiranja lika postupkom osmišljavanja i crtanja te istraživanje likovnih rješenja drugih autora koji su prikazali predmete kao samodjelatna bića - likove. U petoj cjelini se prolazi kroz proces izrade ilustracija osmišljenog lika Žarulje Žarke u nekoliko različitih emotivnih stanja. Posljednja cjelina upućuje na mogućnosti primjene tog lika u aktivnostima istraživanja emocija.The focus of this thesis is the creation of illustrations for the purpose of exploring emotions in educational work. The thesis is presented in several thematical sections which relate to different stages of research of the subject matter. After the introductory part, in which the goals and purpose of the thesis are defined, comes the exploration of emotion itself. Results of various scientific research on the topic of emotions are introduced, it is defined how an individual develops emotionally aswell as socially and, finally, how emotions are expressed. A focused insight into the practical side of the subject matter begins in chapter three with observations of portraying emotions in Walt Disney's illustrative works and in the animated movie „Inside Out“ produced by Pixar. Next, the analysis of how a character is created from the process of concieving to actually drawing a specific character as well as an insight into artistic solutions of other artists who conveyed objects as self-active beings is researched and presented. In section five, the whole process of character creation is portrayed through an originally conceptalized character Žarulja Žarka in various emotional states. The analysis is completed by suggestions of application in which the created character can be used as a tool to attribute to the activities for research of emotions