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You do WHAT? An ILLUSTRATOR is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text 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 magazines, or for advertisement, as on posters. Most contemporary illustrators make their living creating artwork for use in advertising, newspapers and magazines. Pen and ink and airbrush artists traditionally dominated this realm. Computers dramatically changed the industry, and today computers are used to produce most commercial illustrations. However, traditional illustration techniques are still popular, particularly in the field of book illustration. Watercolour, oil painting, pastels, pen and ink are some of the techniques used by successful exponents of the art. GRAPHIC DESIGN is the applied art of selecting, creating and arranging marks on a surface to communicate a message. These marks may be letterforms (Typography) or of other media such as drawing or photography. It encompasses the creative work done in many media, such as print, digital media, motion pictures, animation, product design, packaging, and information signs. Graphic design as a practice can be traced back to the origin of the written word, but only in the late 19th century did it become identified as a separate discipline. Some fundamental principles of design are alignment, balance, color, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, proportion, proximity, repetition, rhythm, texture, unity, and white space. A PORTRAIT is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person (or animal!). Portraits are often simple head shots or mug shots and are not usually overly elaborate. The intent is to show the basic appearance of the person, and occasionally some artistic insight into his or her personality. Graphic
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