Illustration
noun
A picture or image that helps make something clear or attractive.
The book has many color illustrations of sea creatures.
Often appears as...
- color illustration
- book illustration
noun
An example that helps to clarify or explain something.
He gave several illustrations of his theory.
Often appears as...
- illustration of a theory
- provide an illustration
noun
The act or process of providing or using pictures with text.
She has a job in illustration at a magazine.
Often appears as...
- job in illustration
- illustration process
noun
A picture or image that helps make something clear or attractive.
The book has many color illustrations of sea creatures.
Often appears as...
- color illustration
- book illustration
noun
An example that helps to clarify or explain something.
He gave several illustrations of his theory.
Often appears as...
- illustration of a theory
- provide an illustration
noun
The act or process of providing or using pictures with text.
She has a job in illustration at a magazine.
Often appears as...
- job in illustration
- illustration process
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
An illustration often serves as a visual aid, supporting text to make learning easier.
The children's book used illustrations to show animal behaviors.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhancing Appeal
Illustrations in books and articles make them more appealing and engaging to readers.
The travel guide’s vibrant illustrations enticed readers to visit the locations.
Pro Tip 3/3Genre-Specific
Different genres use illustration distinctively; children’s books are typically more illustrated than adult literature.
Fantasy novels often feature illustrations of mythical creatures.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
An illustration often serves as a visual aid, supporting text to make learning easier.
The children's book used illustrations to show animal behaviors.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhancing Appeal
Illustrations in books and articles make them more appealing and engaging to readers.
The travel guide’s vibrant illustrations enticed readers to visit the locations.
Pro Tip 3/3Genre-Specific
Different genres use illustration distinctively; children’s books are typically more illustrated than adult literature.
Fantasy novels often feature illustrations of mythical creatures.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
An illustration often serves as a visual aid, supporting text to make learning easier.
The children's book used illustrations to show animal behaviors.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhancing Appeal
Illustrations in books and articles make them more appealing and engaging to readers.
The travel guide’s vibrant illustrations enticed readers to visit the locations.
Pro Tip 3/3Genre-Specific
Different genres use illustration distinctively; children’s books are typically more illustrated than adult literature.
Fantasy novels often feature illustrations of mythical creatures.
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Maira Kalman: The...
because I was too busy writing poems, and flunking out, and I don't know what, sitting in cafes. But I picked it up and I started reading it and I thought, this book is amazing. I said, people should know about this book. So I decided it needed a few -- it needed a lift, it needed a few illustrations.
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Tavi Gevinson: A teen...
and this is a spread from a zine that I made last year when I -- I mean, I think I've let myself go a bit on the illustration front since. But, yeah. So I said on my blog that I wanted to start this publication for teenage girls and ask people to submit
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The evolution of the...
but later as a less expensive option. And while today's mass produced cover illustrations are marketing tools, the cover designs of early books were made to order. Even spines have a history. Initially, they were not considered aesthetically important,
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The spellbinding art of...
Something no student of anatomy could do without the help of visuals. Because at the end of the day, whether you remember every little structure or not, these medical illustrations are what makes studying anatomy so intriguing. In looking at them,
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Bruce McCall: Nostalgia...
I use a technique of painstaking realism of editorial illustration from when I was a kid. I copied it and I never unlearned it -- it's the only style I know. And it's very kind of staid and formal. And meanwhile, I use nonsense, as you can see.
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What causes economic...
Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustration of the underlying principles at work in a bubble and can help us understand more recent examples
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Predictions of tech's...
the method of illustration helps that is that this is really old seeming it seems really old whereas something like this which is a a modification or a or a simulation of a natural environment seems in some ways kind of kind of
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The Power of Photography...
vast event the largest calving event ever put on film and to give you a sense of scale because it's very hard I'll do something that no self-respecting photographer would ever do and put cheesy illustrations over his pictures
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples,
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For When you Need a Good...
Isn’t it a beautiful illustration of just how tender
Video examples
Maira Kalman: The...
because I was too busy writing poems, and flunking out, and I don't know what, sitting in cafes. But I picked it up and I started reading it and I thought, this book is amazing. I said, people should know about this book. So I decided it needed a few -- it needed a lift, it needed a few illustrations.
Video examples
Tavi Gevinson: A teen...
and this is a spread from a zine that I made last year when I -- I mean, I think I've let myself go a bit on the illustration front since. But, yeah. So I said on my blog that I wanted to start this publication for teenage girls and ask people to submit
Video examples
The evolution of the...
but later as a less expensive option. And while today's mass produced cover illustrations are marketing tools, the cover designs of early books were made to order. Even spines have a history. Initially, they were not considered aesthetically important,
Video examples
The spellbinding art of...
Something no student of anatomy could do without the help of visuals. Because at the end of the day, whether you remember every little structure or not, these medical illustrations are what makes studying anatomy so intriguing. In looking at them,
Video examples
Bruce McCall: Nostalgia...
I use a technique of painstaking realism of editorial illustration from when I was a kid. I copied it and I never unlearned it -- it's the only style I know. And it's very kind of staid and formal. And meanwhile, I use nonsense, as you can see.
Video examples
What causes economic...
Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustration of the underlying principles at work in a bubble and can help us understand more recent examples
Video examples
Predictions of tech's...
the method of illustration helps that is that this is really old seeming it seems really old whereas something like this which is a a modification or a or a simulation of a natural environment seems in some ways kind of kind of
Video examples
The Power of Photography...
vast event the largest calving event ever put on film and to give you a sense of scale because it's very hard I'll do something that no self-respecting photographer would ever do and put cheesy illustrations over his pictures
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples,
Video examples
For When you Need a Good...
Isn’t it a beautiful illustration of just how tender
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Tom Wujec
Canadian Author
What is it about animation, graphics, illustrations, that create meaning? And this is an important question to ask and answer because the more we understand how the brain creates meaning, the better we can communicate, and, I also think, the better we can think and collaborate together.
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Anthony Browne
British Writer
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.
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Matthew Simpson
American Clergyman
Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us.
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Danny DeVito
American Actor
What Tim does is, he calls me and sends me the script. And then he sends me a drawing, an illustration of his image of me as the character. It's so great.
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Aaron Siskind
American Photographer
In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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Mary Ellen Mark
American Photographer
I respect newspapers, but the reality is that magazine 'photojournalism' is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.
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Reinhard Bonnke
German Clergyman
Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy.
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George Combe
American Educator
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.
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Henry James
American Writer
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Brian Stelfreeze
American Artist
I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place.
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Tom Wujec
Canadian Author
What is it about animation, graphics, illustrations, that create meaning? And this is an important question to ask and answer because the more we understand how the brain creates meaning, the better we can communicate, and, I also think, the better we can think and collaborate together.
Quote examples
Anthony Browne
British Writer
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.
Quote examples
Matthew Simpson
American Clergyman
Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us.
Quote examples
Danny DeVito
American Actor
What Tim does is, he calls me and sends me the script. And then he sends me a drawing, an illustration of his image of me as the character. It's so great.
Quote examples
Aaron Siskind
American Photographer
In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
Quote examples
Mary Ellen Mark
American Photographer
I respect newspapers, but the reality is that magazine 'photojournalism' is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.
Quote examples
Reinhard Bonnke
German Clergyman
Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy.
Quote examples
George Combe
American Educator
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.
Quote examples
Henry James
American Writer
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
Quote examples
Brian Stelfreeze
American Artist
I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place.
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