Illustration Artworks of Hijabographic: Visual Expressions in Virtual Learning Community

Abstract

Young learners today are willing to take creative risks with the use of technology. They will need to learn how to apply these powerful forms of technology in ways that enable them to work creatively to innovate and develop distinctive outcomes. Learning interactions built through virtual communities provide opportunities for young learners to broaden their visual art learning experiences. Involving members of the Hijabographic community, this study is aimed to reveal how the learning interaction in a virtual community has a significant influence on the visual expression of illustration artworks produced by community members. This is qualitative research using the virtual ethnography method. The result shows that the distinctive characteristics showed in illustration artworks created by Hijabographic members were inspired by the spirit of disseminating Islamic values through visual artworks.

Illustration Images in Muslimah Visual Communication Da’wah Movement on Instagram

“…Since then, according to Riza, the Hijabographic community is more selective in carrying out the filter process to determine whether a work by the Hijabographic community members is appropriate or not to be published. This is an important key to the continuation of creative da'wah activities in the Hijabographic community (Nugrahani et al, 2019). Illustrative images produced by community members are created and used as a communication medium to build interactions between the community and target audiences.…”