illustration style
Artistic rendering method
Illustration style refers to the distinctive visual approach an artist uses—the combination of techniques, media, color choices, and rendering methods that make their work recognizable.
Publishers might seek a watercolor illustration style for children's books or a vintage illustration style for period pieces.
In design briefs, the term helps specify aesthetic direction: We're looking for a flat illustration style with bold colors.
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- inkingApplying liquid pigment
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
children's book art · stippling · bold lines · flat · flat color · concept art · cross-hatching · realism · watercoloring · collage · mixed media · wash · Renaissance art · vintage poster · engraving · screen printing · digital painting · abstraction
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, pop art
- visual designgraphic design, typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy
- brandingbrand identity, brand, brand equity, taglines, logos
illustration stylesubject matter
Content under discussion
content · imagery · iconography · subject · theme
illustration stylephotography
Creating images from light
photorealism · documentary photography · photojournalism · raw footage · video capture
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