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- An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text.
- The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually, or the illustration may be intended for entertainment, or cover art or interior art for books and magazines, or for advertisement, as on posters.
- Most contemporary illustrators make their living creating artwork for use in children's books, advertising, newspapers and magazines. Pen and ink and airbrush artists traditionally dominated this realm.
- Today computers are used to produce most of the commercial illustrations.
- However, traditional illustration techniques are still popular, . Watercolor, oil painting, pastels, wood-engraving, linoleum cuts, and pen and ink are some of the techniques used by successful exponents of the art.
- Many illustrators are freelance, commissioned by publishers or advertising agencies for a specific job, rather than employed full time. Computer game companies also use illustrators for the initial stages of computer game design and they may also be involved in the conceptual stages of a movie.
- Illustrators work on paper, celluloid, and two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) models. They may use a combination of traditional and computer-based techniques, or work on screen only.
- They study the project brief and select the appropriate style, technique and medium to use.
- They then research the topic.
- Prepare sketches, layouts and storyboards to try out different ideas
- Discuss the project with clients and production team, making changes as requested.
- Illustrators can specialise in illustrations for children's books, scientific work, technical manuals, fashion, websites or product packaging.
