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
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
How to Be an Illustrator
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
Picture This: How Pictures Work
Amphigorey (Amphigorey, #1)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
Creative Illustration
I Want My Hat Back
The Little Prince
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art)
The Mitten by Jan BrettFritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan BrettThe Hat by Jan BrettTrouble with Trolls by Jan BrettThe Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
Best of Jan Brett
47 books — 18 voters
Five Feet Apart by Rachael LippincottCirce by Madeline MillerThe Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertThe Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanThe Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
The Most Beautiful Book Covers of 2018
112 books — 74 voters

Steal Like an Artist by Austin KleonThe Steal Like an Artist Journal by Austin KleonShow Your Work! by Austin KleonART/WORK by Heather Darcy BhandariCómo invertir en arte con éxito by Ana Trigo
Fine Art Careers
15 books — 5 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyMillions of Cats by Wanda GágThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Illustrated Black-And-White Books
82 books — 23 voters


Kate Morton
Beneath the notebook she found the book of fairy tales. The cover was green cardboard, the writing gold: 'Magical Tales for Girls and Boys', by Eliza Makepeace. Cassandra repeated the author's name, enjoying the mysterious rustle against her lips. She opened it up and inside the front cover was a picture of a fairy sitting in a bird's woven nest: long flowing hair, a wreath of stars around her head, and large, translucent wings. When she looked more closely, Cassandra realized that the fairy's f ...more
Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

Daniel Von der Ahe
If I live...I will live unafraid...I will live so all can see, I am not ashamed of who I am or what I'm designed to be!" -The Great Mephisto ...more
Daniel Von der Ahe, The Fantastic Strange

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The Illustrated Book Club I'm a professional illustrator (among other things) with a passion for reading. The idea of The …more
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Nathalia Suellen - Cover Artist www.nathaliasuellen.com info@nathaliasuellen.com
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Children's books illustrator willing to help new authors…more
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Lovely Book Covers Celebrating the best of book cover design.
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