Illustration

Illustration is the art of creating decorations, interpretations or visual explanations of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in the published medium.

Contemporary illustration uses a wide range of styles and techniques. Most illustrators work on a freelance basis.

Where the Wild Things Are
The Arrival
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
How to Be an Illustrator
Picture This: How Pictures Work
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
I Want My Hat Back
Creative Illustration
The Little Prince
Amphigorey
Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist
Tales from Outer Suburbia
Vilppu Drawing Manual by Glenn V. VilppuJohn Howe Fantasy Art Workshop by John  HoweAtlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Stephen Rogers PeckThe Illusion of Life by Ollie JohnstonPoses for Artists Volume 4 - Couples Poses by Justin R. Martin
Art Books for Serious Students
33 books — 25 voters
Bleak House by Charles DickensThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensIn a Glass Darkly by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Atkinson Grimshaw Covers
35 books — 4 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranCounsel, the Courtroom Is Open by Mark C. ZaudererThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor Bombov
Inspiring Books
5,345 books — 4,634 voters
The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'NeillSpinning by Tillie WaldenWallace the Brave by Will  HenryMonstress, Volume 3 by Marjorie M. LiuMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris
Best Comics of 2017/2018
112 books — 19 voters

The Henna Artist by Alka JoshiThe Gilded Ones by Namina FornaJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Beautiful cover art.
200 books — 9 voters

Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ When you change you are illustrating the fact that it can be done. And what people need today are illustrations. ”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

Zadie Smith
“ At a certain point you have to leave childish things behind, and one of the childish things is a sense that 'Wow, I can draw' or in my case 'Wow, I can read'... You feel you have what's called a talent, but as you become an adult, if you hope to make things, you have to give up the preoccupation with talent otherwise you'll spend your life painting beautiful pictures of fruit bowls that look like fruit bowls. ...more ”
― Zadie Smith

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