illustration
Drawing clarifying text
An illustration is a picture or drawing that accompanies text, clarifying or decorating it: The book's illustrations brought the story to life.
More broadly, illustration is the act of explaining or making clear through examples: Let me offer an illustration of what I mean.
A person or thing serving as an example illustrates a point: Her career is an illustration of what determination can achieve.
Hasty informal drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- inkWriting fluid
- printTransfer text to paper
engraving · lithograph · woodcut · etching · vignette · plate · frontispiece · brushwork
Depicting light and darkness
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- contourBounding line of shape
highlight · shadow · gradation · perspective · rendering · draftsmanship · brushstroke · texture
Book's introductory illustration
- plateFlat dish for food
- vignetteBrief evocative description
- captionText accompanying an image
- figureOutline or numeral
insert · spread · layout · pagination · endpaper · jacket · cover · pictorial
Simplified explanatory sketch
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
- botanicalRelated to plants
- technicalOf specific methods
- cross-sectionView through interior
cutaway · specimen · labeling · medical · naturalist · Audubon · scientific · biological
Volume with art-driven narrative
- CaldecottChildren's book illustration award
- storybookBook of tales
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- colorfulFull of varied hues
character · Maurice Sendak · Beatrix Potter · Eric Carle · Quentin Blake · fanciful · playful · expressive
Public display of opinion
- exemplificationDemonstration via instances
- caseContainer or instance
- instanceSingle occurrence of something
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
elucidation · depiction · representation · showing · proof · evidence · sample · model
Quantity with direction
- rasterGrid of pixels
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- PhotoshopProfessional graphics manipulation program
layers · digital painting · pixel · graphic tablet · iPad · digital art · software · rendering
Animated or humorous illustration
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- satireMockery exposing vice
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- politicalOf government matters
newspaper · magazine · opinion · topical · exaggeration · lampoon · parody · allegorical
Distinct flat section
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- graphic novelBook-length illustrated sequential narrative
- inkerComics line finalizer
- pencilerOne who sketches first
colorist · manga · storyboard · speech bubble · frame · gutter · splash page · webcomic
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- inkWriting fluid
print · engraving · lithograph · woodcut · etching · vignette · plate · frontispiece · brushwork · linework
shading
Depicting light and darkness
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
contour · highlight · shadow · gradation · perspective · rendering · draftsmanship · brushstroke · texture · depth
frontispiece
Book's introductory illustration
figure · insert · spread · layout · pagination · endpaper · jacket · cover · pictorial · accompanying
diagram
Simplified explanatory sketch
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
- botanicalRelated to plants
- technicalOf specific methods
cross-section · cutaway · specimen · labeling · medical · naturalist · Audubon · scientific · biological · zoological
picture book
Volume with art-driven narrative
- CaldecottChildren's book illustration award
- storybookBook of tales
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
colorful · character · Maurice Sendak · Beatrix Potter · Eric Carle · Quentin Blake · fanciful · playful · expressive · narrative
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- exemplificationDemonstration via instances
- caseContainer or instance
- instanceSingle occurrence of something
clarification · elucidation · depiction · representation · showing · proof · evidence · sample · model · explanation
vector
Quantity with direction
Photoshop · layers · digital painting · pixel · graphic tablet · iPad · digital art · software · rendering · colorizing
cartoon
Animated or humorous illustration
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- satireMockery exposing vice
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
political · newspaper · magazine · opinion · topical · exaggeration · lampoon · parody · allegorical · symbolic
panel
Distinct flat section
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- graphic novelBook-length illustrated sequential narrative
- inkerComics line finalizer
penciler · colorist · manga · storyboard · speech bubble · frame · gutter · splash page · webcomic · narrative
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- fine artsfine art, fine arts, painting, visual arts, sculpture
- visual artdrawing, fine art, painting, portrait, sketch
- applied artsapplied arts, decorative arts, industrial design, design, furniture design
- artworkpaintings, portrait, drawings, drawing, painting
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
illustrationtext
Written or printed words
plain text · prose · written description · narrative · caption
illustrationobscuration
Act of concealing
obfuscation · confusion · camouflage · mystification · concealment
illustrationcounterexample
Instance disproving a claim
contradiction · refutation · disproof · exception · anomaly
- 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
illustrating, illustrative, illustrations, illustratively, illustrational