Abstract. Indonesian folktale, with the figures legends, developed and down orally from generation to generation in the community. The development of the story is recorded in the form of prose or visualized as a children's story. Visualization of the story, the characters in particular, used to support the story line but not maximized becomes an illustration. This study is aimed to visualize characters of Calon Arang in the story with more communicative to be an illustration. The study includes facial expression, age, body posture, gestures, and movement. It also includes the form of clothing, style, and motifs that are used as well as the jewelry supporting characters. Style of painting uses Batuan style, a style developed in the Batuan region, Gianyar, Bali and little affected by western culture. It is magical, haunted, timeless, and dark. Nowadays, Batuan style is being developed by Batuan artists in the form of paintings depicting the social life of the people of Bali in daily activities such as farming, Ngaben, and folktales. The study uses observational approach. The Observation was held in the village of Batuan, Gianyar Regency of Bali. The resulting output is a form of illustrations of Calon Arang story characters that have a visual in Batuan style, so then the typical of the characters in folktale can be achieved optimally.
Keyword: folktale; Batuan style, illustration; character figure
