Illustrator

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For the vector-based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator.
An illustration by Konstantin Somov (1909).

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, as in greeting cards, or cover art or interior art for books and <a href="/wiki/Magazine" ti