What is Illustration?
[[File:Child reading (Jessie Willcox Smith).jpg|thumb|Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935)]] The '''illustration''' is a [[picture]] which tries to get the person looking at it to pay more attention to the subject than to the art. Illustrations can be in the form of a [[drawing]], [[painting]], [[photograph]] or other work of [[art]]. Illustrations often have one of two purposes. One is to give light to the subject. The other purpose is to [[wikt:decorate|decorate]] an informational text (such as a [[newspaper]] or [[article]]). illustration can also be a story based on drawings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=children's book illustrators|url=https://www.bigredillustrationagency.com/childrens-book-illustrators/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=The Big Red Illustration Agency|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[File:1916 Western Engraving ad 02.jpg|thumb|left|240px|That illustration can beat explanation is one of its strengths]] {{-}} == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{stub}} [[Category:Graphics]] [[Category:Non-verbal communication]]