Illustrations for Encyclopedia Erupting Mountain Theme as Visual Culture

Abstract

Indonesia's geographical location in the growth zone of three plates namely Eurasia, Indo-Australia and Pacifica or commonly known as ring of fire, causes Indonesia to have many active volcanoes. The study intends to determine the design of illustrations in the encyclopedia of volcanoes as an alternative learning media for for inspiring the students. To collect detailed actual information that describes the symptoms of nature as well as the situation of social symptom conditions then this research is carried out with descriptive qualitative and quantitative research methods. This study uses illustration theory and visual culture as the main reference literature. Visual culture is an interdisciplinary field with visual concepts as the basis for the study of knowledge and understanding. One part of visual culture that has a very important role in this research is illustration. Illustration design is conveyed through drawings, illustrations, or photos about disaster situations and conditions that are equipped with narratives though effective language. It is expected that by the illustrations through visual images and combined with the narrative the interest of students, especially children can be more aroused so that the information presented can be more quickly captured and understood.With the availability of the book Encyclopedia of Mount Erupting for elementary school students, it is expected that knowledge about the erupting mountain can be conveyed interestingly so that children can have better understanding of the causes and how to deal with the disaster of erupting mountains. Keywords:Encyclopedia, Illustration, Book, Mountain Eruption, Visual Culture.