Demand for the skills of cartoonists, illustrators and comics-makers is growing, according to a report commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts.
Executive Director of Advocacy and Development for the Council, Wendy Were said the report, Graphic Storytellers at Work: Cross-industry opportunities for cartoonists, illustrators and comics-makers, found that demand for graphic storytellers was growing, with 41 per cent of those surveyed reporting an increase in demand for their skills.
“Graphic storytellers make complex ideas easy to understand,” Dr Were said.
“Their technical and interpretive skills help to illustrate abstract concepts and transcend language barriers,” she said.
“Artists surveyed described using their skills to communicate important health information to culturally diverse communities, translate complex legal documents, or create tools and resources for psychologists and surgeons.”
Dr Were said cultural and creative industries, and their role in transforming other sectors, were a major source of the skills, innovation and jobs that Australia needed for the future.
“They are already helping us shape and adapt to the rapid transformation of traditional industries and to new forms of productivity,” she said.
“Graphic Storytellers at Work is just one example of how creative skills are already being applied with great success across a range of industries.”
Dr Were the report found the skills of graphic story tellers were being used in health education and product design.
The 53-page Graphic Storytellers at Work report can be accessed at this PS News link.
