illustrating
Making pictures for
Illustrating is the present participle of illustrate.
To illustrate is to make something clearer through examples, images, or demonstrations: Let me tell a story illustrating my point.
The word also means to provide pictures for a text: She spent months illustrating the children's book.
An illustrating example clarifies; an illustrating artist creates visual content.
Making something easier understood
- clarifyingMaking something understandable
- demonstratingShowing by example
- exemplifyingServing as ideal instance
- illuminatingMaking visible or understandable
explicating · demystifying · interpreting · annotating · diagramming · captioning · visualizing · showing
Making rough drawings
- paintingPigment on canvas
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
canvas · palette · composition · portraiture · landscape · gouache · charcoal · pastel
Depicting in performance
- representingActing as proxy for
- picturingForming mental images
- capturingTaking into custody
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
characterizing · embodying · evoking · symbolizing · visualizing · showing · expressing · conveying
Creating visual schematics
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- cartooningArt of drawing comics
- storyboardingSequencing shots through drawings
- inkingApplying liquid pigment
penciling · lettering · crosshatching · shading · outlining · tracing · rendering · thumbnailing
Book's introductory illustration
- endpapersSheets joining cover to pages
- pictorialRelating to pictures
- platesFlat eating dishes
- woodcutsPrints from carved lumber
engravings · caricature · editorial · manga · zine · advertisement
elucidating
Making something easier understood
- clarifyingMaking something understandable
- demonstratingShowing by example
- exemplifyingServing as ideal instance
illuminating · explicating · demystifying · interpreting · annotating · diagramming · captioning · visualizing · showing · detailing
sketching
Making rough drawings
watercolor · canvas · palette · composition · portraiture · landscape · gouache · charcoal · pastel · printmaking
portraying
Depicting in performance
- representingActing as proxy for
- picturingForming mental images
- capturingTaking into custody
rendering · characterizing · embodying · evoking · symbolizing · visualizing · showing · expressing · conveying · imaging
diagramming
Creating visual schematics
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- cartooningArt of drawing comics
- storyboardingSequencing shots through drawings
inking · penciling · lettering · crosshatching · shading · outlining · tracing · rendering · thumbnailing · paneling
frontispiece
Book's introductory illustration
woodcuts · engravings · caricature · editorial · manga · zine · advertisement
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- artsartist, creativity, expression, songs, painting
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- creative actscreating, designing, drawing, sculpting, composing
- explainingexplaining, clarifying, elaborating, elucidating, expounding
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, embodying
illustratingphotographing
Making images with camera
filming · recording · capturing · shooting · videotaping
illustratingobscuring
Making less visible
confusing · obfuscating · clouding · muddling · mystifying
- book illustrationImage in published volume
- digital illustrationArtwork made on computers
- storybook illustrationsArtwork accompanying written narratives
- fashion illustrationArtwork depicting clothing designs
- technical illustrationsDetailed explanatory drawings
- medical illustrationsClinical artwork depicting anatomy
illustration, illustrative, illustrations, illustratively, illustrational