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
Cupid and Psyche by M. Charlotte CraftMidnight Pearls by Debbie ViguiéSleeping Beauty by Mahlon F. CraftThe Night Dance by Suzanne WeynBefore Midnight by Cameron Dokey
Covers Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft
144 books — 17 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
Six saisons sur ilO by François BourgeonLe Chant du drille by AyerdhalLes Couloirs de l'Entretemps by François Bourgeon
François Bourgeon Illustrations
3 books — 2 voters

In a Blue Room by Jim AverbeckWabi Sabi by Mark ReibsteinWe are the Ship by Kadir NelsonOld Bear by Kevin HenkesWonder Bear by Tao Nyeu
2009 Caldecott Contenders
37 books — 99 voters
The Legacy by Suzanne de MontignyBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeThe Arbitrator by Max NowazNatasha's Dream by Heather GreenisWhite Light Red Fire by Robert         Reid
Christmas Stocking Stuffers
5,910 books — 1,738 voters

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

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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