illustrator
Draws for publications
An illustrator is someone who creates visual images to accompany or explain text, typically for books, magazines, advertisements, or digital media.
The term covers a wide range of styles and purposes, from children's book artists to technical diagram makers to editorial cartoonists.
She worked as a freelance illustrator for several publishing houses.
Adobe Illustrator, the vector graphics software, has made the word familiar even to people outside the visual arts.
Hasty informal drawing
- pencilGraphite writing instrument
- inkWriting fluid
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
gouache · pastel · acrylic · brushwork · shading · texture · crosshatching · rendering
Creating distinctive identity
- logoCompany identifying symbol
- packagingProtective product enclosure
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
commission · client · portfolio · freelance · book cover · album art · poster · infographic
Volume with art-driven narrative
- graphic novelBook-length illustrated sequential narrative
- comicFunny performer or publication
- mangaJapanese comic medium
- cover artExterior artwork on releases
children's book · dust jacket · endpapers · chapter heading · panel · spread · editorial · magazine
Major graphics software maker
- PhotoshopProfessional graphics manipulation program
- InDesignPage layout application
- vectorQuantity with direction
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
tablet · stylus · layers · brush · palette · resolution · file · export
Account of events
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- emotionComplex psychological state
visual storytelling · worldbuilding · concept art · fantasy · whimsical · fable · myth · tale
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
watercolor · gouache · pastel · acrylic · brushwork · shading · texture · crosshatching · rendering · outline
branding
Creating distinctive identity
- logoCompany identifying symbol
- packagingProtective product enclosure
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
advertising · commission · client · portfolio · freelance · book cover · album art · poster · infographic · mockup
picture book
Volume with art-driven narrative
- graphic novelBook-length illustrated sequential narrative
- comicFunny performer or publication
- mangaJapanese comic medium
children's book · cover art · dust jacket · endpapers · chapter heading · panel · spread · editorial · magazine · storyboard
Adobe
Major graphics software maker
- PhotoshopProfessional graphics manipulation program
- InDesignPage layout application
- vectorQuantity with direction
graphic · tablet · stylus · layers · brush · palette · resolution · file · export · digital art
narrative
Account of events
emotion · visual storytelling · worldbuilding · concept art · fantasy · whimsical · fable · myth · tale · allegory
- digital creatorscontent creator, graphic designer, web designer, blogger, vlogger
- illustratorsNorman Rockwell, Quentin Blake, Maurice Sendak, Eric Carle, Richard Scarry
- Book Creditsauthor name, byline, pen name, pseudonym, ghost writer
- comics jobswriter, artist, penciler, penciller, inker
- visual designersconcept artist, character designer, prop designer, art director, production designer
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
illustratorauthor
Creator of written works
writer · novelist · copywriter · wordsmith · poet
illustratorphotographer
Camera-wielding image maker
photojournalist · cinematographer · documentarian · camera operator
- book illustratorsArtists who visualize text
- illustrated guidesInstructional texts with images
- book illustrationImage in published volume
- Sports IllustratedAmerican athletics periodical
- to illustrateExplain through images
- digital illustrationArtwork made on computers
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