Illustration

visual art · storytelling · design

Pictures tell stories. Illustrations are drawings or paintings that help explain ideas or make books, magazines, and websites more interesting and fun to look at.

They work with words. An illustration might show what a character looks like in a book, explain how something works with a diagram, or decorate a poster to grab your attention.

Digital and traditional. Some illustrators draw by hand with pencils and paints, while others create pictures using computers and special art software.

Everywhere you look. You see illustrations in video games, animated movies, apps on phones, emojis in messages, and teaching materials at school.

Jobs for artists. Professional illustrators create pictures for clients who need them, whether for book publishers, advertisers, or animation studios.