Illustration
An illustration is a visualization or a depiction of a subject made by an artist, such as a drawing, sketch, painting, photograph, cinema or other kind of image of things seen, remembered or imagined, using a graphical representation.
Description
The word comes from the Latin word illustra'tio, meaning "enlighten", "irradiate".
Printing is the current process for reproducing illustrations, typically with ink on paper using a printing press.
Illustrations can be artistic images illustrating for example a text, poem, fashion, magazines, stamps or a book and very often illustrations were made for children's books.
The aim of an illustration is to elucidate or decorate a story, poem or piece of text by providing a visual representation of something described in the text.
Illustrations can also represent scientific images of flora, medicine or different processes, a biological or chemical processes or technical illustrations to give information on how to use something.
Illustrations can be executed in different techniques, like watercolor, gouache, ink, oil, charcoal chalk or woodcut.
Illustrations are often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.
See also
- Archaeological illustration
- Art gallery
- Book illustration
- Concept art
- Commissioned illustration
- Communication design
- Drawing
- Graphic design
- Illustrator
- Image development
- Information graphics
- Medical illustrator
- National Museum of American Illustration
- Poster
- Technical illustration
- Top-left lighting
External links
- Illustration @ Wikipedia
