Visual Narrative

storytelling · visual art · communication

Pictures tell stories. You can tell a complete story using just images, drawings, or photographs without saying a single word. Comic books, graphic novels, and picture books are all visual narratives that let pictures do the talking.

Films are visual narratives. Movies and animated videos tell stories through moving images, and they often add music and sounds to make the story even more powerful and exciting.

Many forms work. Visual narratives can be told through still photography, illustrations, paintings, animations, or even combinations of these with music and voice-overs to enhance the story.

Your imagination helps. When you look at a sequence of images, your brain automatically connects them and creates meaning, which is why even silent comics can tell gripping stories.

Ancient and modern. Visual storytelling has been around for thousands of years, from cave paintings to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics all the way to modern Instagram stories and animated videos.