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
How to Be an Illustrator
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
Picture This: How Pictures Work
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
The Little Prince
Amphigorey
I Want My Hat Back
Creative Illustration
Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist
Shadow Frost by Coco MaRomanov by Nadine BrandesTo Best the Boys by Mary  WeberThe Wicked King by Holly BlackThe Warrior Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Most Beautiful YA Covers of 2019
67 books — 106 voters
The Mitten by Jan BrettFritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan BrettThe Hat by Jan BrettTrouble with Trolls by Jan BrettThe Turnip by Jan Brett
Best of Jan Brett
47 books — 18 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
163 books — 16 voters
Spinning by Tillie WaldenThe Tea Dragon Society by K. O'NeillWallace 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
111 books — 20 voters


Meghan Cox Gurdon
What we look at determines what we see, and what we see, really see, becomes part of an inner museum of pictures and references, a mental collection that for most of us is not so much curated as acquired in a haphazard way. There is an opportunity with children to show them art and illustration that will furnish their minds with beauty and mystery, symmetry and wonder. The simplest mechanism for this is the selection of picture books that we share with them.
Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction – A Neuroscience Guide for Parents on Brain Development and Family Bonds

Elisa Pierandrei
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