As Product Designers, most likely, we have come across illustrative work. Visual design is one important element in enhancing the user experience. As many gravitate toward attractive looking products, designers are also adapting to the changing needs of the users.

作為產品設計師，我們很有可能遇到了說明性工作。 視覺設計是增強用戶體驗的重要元素之一。 由于許多人傾向于外觀精美的產品，因此設計師也正在適應用戶不斷變化的需求。

說明性工作如何對UX設計產生影響 (How Illustrative Work Makes an Impact on UX Design)

It’s not mandatory for every product designer to know how to illustrate. Some product designers may have come from a graphic design background and already know how to dabble with some illustrative work. While other designers, like myself, come from a Marketing background. Not all designers encompass their skillsets with each other. In fact, during my past freelancing work, I’ve often outsourced or delegated illustrative work with an artist.

并非每個產品設計人員都知道如何進行說明。 一些產品設計師可能來自圖形設計背景，并且已經知道如何進行一些說明性工作。 其他設計師(例如我)也都來自市場營銷背景。 并非所有的設計師都能相互融合他們的技能。 實際上，在我過去的自由職業生涯中，我經常與藝術家外包或委托插圖作品。

There’s no definite guide to tell you when to include illustrative work. You can make your own judgment on whether it’s appropriate to include illustrations based on the company’s brand, mission, and branding. Let’s take a look at Uber’s recent rebrand, launched in September 2018, lists illustration as one of nine pillars making up Uber’s brand system. Streamlined shapes, simple lines, and a limited color palette make the illustrations easy to understand at a glance.

沒有明確的指南可以告訴您何時包括說明性工作。 您可以根據公司的品牌，使命和品牌，自行決定是否包括插圖。 讓我們看一下Uber在2018年9月推出的最近更名，將插圖列為構成Uber品牌體系的九大Struts之一。 流線型的形狀，簡單的線條和有限的調色板使插圖一目了然。

The design team at Uber has defined three basic principles for their illustrations to influence conversion as significantly as possible. Uber’s illustrations must be:

Uber的設計團隊為他們的插圖定義了三個基本原則，以盡可能地影響轉換。 Uber的插圖必須是：

1. Hyper efficient
   超高效
2. Easy to understand
   容易理解
3. Inspiring through metaphor
   通過隱喻啟發

Uber provides a personalized approach to create loyalty between drivers and riders. They also make ridesharing easy to understand for new customers.

Uber提供了個性化的方法來在駕駛員和騎手之間建立忠誠度。 它們還使新客戶容易理解拼車。

Illustration work has been increasingly effective in communicating products to people. While many users are skim readers, illustrations serve as a visual aid to the UI. I highly recommend brushing up your skillsets and include illustrations as a tool to enhance the user experience. You don’t necessarily need high-level artistic skills to start getting into illustration. Many illustrations can be simple but effective in getting the message across. Here are some tools to help you get started:

插圖作品在與人們交流產品方面越來越有效。 盡管許多用戶是略讀本 ，但是插圖充當UI的視覺輔助。 我強烈建議您提高技能，并包括插圖作為增強用戶體驗的工具。 您不一定需要高水平的藝術技能就可以開始插圖創作。 許多插圖可能很簡單，但可以有效地傳達信息。 以下是一些可幫助您入門的工具：

繁殖 (Procreate)

With an intuitive interface and affordable price tag, Procreate is a classic favorite for aspiring artists. It empowers artists everywhere to take their digital sketches on the go. I love their easy and fluid navigation with zero lag response. The app offers exceptional performance, powerful layers support, stunning filters, hundreds of brush presets (including pens, pencils, and abstract tools), and the ability to import, create, and share custom brushes.

憑借直觀的界面和實惠的價格， Procreate是有抱負的藝術家的經典之選。 它使各地的藝術家都可以隨時隨地進行數字素描。 我喜歡它們零延遲響應的輕松流暢的導航。 該應用程序提供出色的性能，強大的圖層支持，出色的濾鏡，數百種筆刷預設(包括筆，鉛筆和抽象工具)，以及導入，創建和共享自定義筆刷的功能。

Adobe Illustrator的 (Adobe Illustrator)

Adobe Illustrator has taken the spotlight as the industry standard for professional graphic design software. This program is for creating and editing vector-based work such as graphics, logos, and other design elements.You can create Trade show booths, banners, posters, labels, box designs, etc. The choices are limitless. What I love about Adobe Illustrator is the large selection of the vector tools and the ability to create custom brushes.

Adobe Illustrator已經成為專業圖形設計軟件的行業標準。 該程序用于創建和編輯基于矢量的工作，例如圖形，徽標和其他設計元素。您可以創建貿易展位，橫幅，海報，標簽，盒子設計等。選擇是無限的。 我最喜歡Adobe Illustrator的是矢量工具的眾多選擇以及創建自定義畫筆的能力。

油漆工具Sai (Paint Tool Sai)

PaintTool SAI is a lightweight raster graphics editor and painting software. It is published by Systemax Software. The program has a simple interface and comes with easy-to-use tools. I recommend this one for beginners. It’s great for cartoons, anime, and realism. They have a wide variety of brush customization as well as its color blend modes. One can also easily switch saturation levels for a certain color and it gives you a wide variety of color modes. It does this by simply making adjustments to a color’s luminescence, one can quickly notice the darkness or lightness per color.

PaintTool SAI是輕型的光柵圖形編輯器和繪畫軟件。 它由Systemax Software發布。 該程序具有一個簡單的界面，并帶有易于使用的工具。 我向初學者推薦這個。 非常適合卡通，動漫和寫實風格。 他們具有多種畫筆自定義以及其顏色混合模式。 您還可以輕松切換特定顏色的飽和度級別，它為您提供了多種顏色模式。 它可以通過簡單地調整顏色的發光度來做到這一點，從而可以Swift注意到每種顏色的暗度或明度。

剪輯工作室油漆 (Clip Studio Paint)

Clip Studio Paint is the ideal combination of Adobe Photoshop and Paint Tool SAI. It has the best features from both programs for painters at the most affordable purchase price. I recommend it for advanced artists as their interface, while simple, has more options from drawing and painting to comics, storyboarding and photo editing, to the newest addition of animation. My favorite feature is its 3D model rendering. In other words, if you can’t draw bodies, faces, or buildings, the program has guides and tools to help you trace images without the guesswork.

Clip Studio Paint是Adobe Photoshop和Paint Tool SAI的理想組合。 它以最實惠的購買價格為畫家提供了兩個程序的最佳功能。 我向高級藝術家推薦它，因為它們的界面雖然簡單，但具有更多選項，包括繪畫，漫畫，情節提要和照片編輯，以及最新的動畫。 我最喜歡的功能是3D模型渲染。 換句話說，如果您無法繪制物體，面部或建筑物，該程序將提供指南和工具來幫助您無需猜測就可以跟蹤圖像。

親和力設計師 (Affinity Designer)

Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor designed as an alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It’s incredibly affordable but it packs a punch. Many professional designers work on this software on the Mac. With the ability to edit and create pixel layers, Affinity Designer ostensibly functions as an Illustrator hybrid. If you’re a vector artist who uses an iPad and often works on the go, Affinity Designer would be it. The tool is great for beginners and it supports seamless matrix, Photoshop, and other formats. Such file forms can also be formatted and edited quickly.

Affinity Designer是矢量圖形編輯器，旨在替代Adobe Illustrator。 它的價格令人難以置信，但是卻帶來了很大的沖擊。 在Mac上，許多專業設計師都在使用該軟件。 具有編輯和創建像素層的能力，Affinity Designer表面上可以用作Illustrator混合。 如果您是使用iPad的矢量藝術家并且經常在旅途中工作，那么Affinity Designer就是您的最佳選擇。 該工具非常適合初學者，并且支持無縫矩陣，Photoshop和其他格式。 這樣的文件格式也可以快速格式化和編輯。