[Commlist] CfP: Journal of Illustration - APPARATUS- the role of technology in illustration

*Call for Papers for the **Journal of Illustration** - APPARATUS- the 
role of technology in illustration *

We invite submissions of full manuscripts or expressions of interest 
(300 words abstract) for the forthcoming Volume 14 of the Journal of 
Illustration (due 2027)  from those who have participated in any 
capacity in the 15th International Research Symposium and from those who 
are inspired by the themes.

Journal of Illustration- Volume 14 (due 2027)

Submission Deadline 26th of January 2026

Machines, appliances, gizmos, and contraptions have always been a part 
of illustration, enabling illustrators to transform their thoughts into 
real-life forms. The machine’s abilities, aesthetics, and impacts on 
humanity have always been a source of inspiration and concern. With the 
discussion raging around artificial intelligence as a game-changing 
technology, and when computers seem to inextricably serve as parts of 
creation and of our lives, perhaps it is time to take stock and consider 
the long-established but fluctuating relationship between illustration 
and the machine.

 From the industrial printing press, the camera lucida, to the modern 
digital devices like drawing tablets and smartphones, — machines have 
played a critical role not only in the creation of illustrations but 
also in their reproduction and distribution. Throughout time, analogue 
and multimedia devices have offered new image–text relationships, 
bringing new modalities to illustration such as movement, touch and sound.

The digital has offered data visualisation; detailed, calculated 
modulation; and access to nano and macro worlds, expanding the 
illustrator’s visual language and scope. Self-made contraptions, and 
emergent technologies such as digital lenses and wearables open new 
avenues for innovative visual experiences. By engaging with these 
innovations, illustrators have pushed the boundaries of what machines 
can achieve, expanding both the artistic and technical dimensions of 
their craft. The long history of illustrating machines reflects our 
fascination with both the technical and aesthetic aspects of machinery.

On the other hand, the technological drive towards progress has also 
created wasteful obsolescence and loss of knowledge and traditions. The 
potential for overtaking human creation, alongside the restricting 
impact of machine technology, should not be overlooked, especially when 
considered in relation to the authority held by creative-technology 
developers. Who controls who, the illustrator or the apparatus, 
particularly in this era of boundless growth of new technologies.

This evokes questions such as: What is the relationship that 
illustration has with the machine? How have machines and their 
technologies empowered or undermined the illustrator? How have machines 
enabled, defined or restricted new and exploratory creative processes 
and ways of thinking, in the past, present and future? Can a machine 
actually make illustrations? What can we take away from machine-made 
illustrations? Can a machine be an illustration? Can illustration be a 
machine?

We invite papers that expand upon, and discuss the relationship between 
illustration and technology, within topic areas such as creative 
Technologies and Production, Practice and discipline, Ethics, philosophy 
and politics, Iconography, Creativity, Representation, Communication and 
Narrative.

Please consider the submission of articles, research case studies, 
critical or visual essays

Articles (5000-6000 words)

Case Studies (2000-3000 words)

Critical essays (1500-3000 words)

Visual essays (3000 words equivalence)

Do note, that no payment from the authors will be required.

Please submit via _www.intellectbooks.com/ journal-of-illustration 
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/>_  or contact the editors.

Editors

dr. Ilgım Veryeri Alaca (ialaca /at/ ku.edu.tr)

Dilek Yördem (_dilekyordem /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(dilekyordem /at/ gmail.com)>_

Dr. Nanette Hoogslag (nanette.hoogslag /at/ aru.ac.uk)


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