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What's Illustration? It really is almost everything that tells a story, or communicates a verbal concept through pictures. 
WHAT is an illustrator?  An Illustrator "ILLUSTRATES", an illustrator communicates through images. It can be in any medium, field, technique, --but it always communicates to the viewer. An Illustrator must broaden their understanding of ART, DESIGN, HISTORY, and all the bullets within each of these fields.

Top Ten Mistakes Illustrators Make...
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Illustrator Dennis Nolan
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Illustrator Chris Van Allsburg
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Donato Giancola's Joan of Arc Process Photos on Muddy Colors
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Drew Struzan
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10 Things to Evaluate Your Illustration
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WHAT ART DIRECTORS WANT IN EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATORS
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Illustrator: Luba Lukova
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Illustrator: Guy Billout
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Illustrator: Brad Holland
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Illustrator: Scott Bakal
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SHAPES/VALUES on MUDDY COLORS

Wylie Beckert's cool videos and links about process for Wicked Kingdom Deck...

Picture.Notice her use of thumbnails prior to the works! Each card has process photos to examine her starts to finish...



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Alina Chau's interviews discuss storyboarding for movies, illustration and personal work!
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Interested in working with Gouache? James Gurney has a great list of supplies to get started! 
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Methods behind How to Train a Dragon...bridging reality into fantasy.
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Pixar Museum