illustrator
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈɪlʌstreɪtər/
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ilustrador
- Randolph Caldecott is often noted as the first illustrator to show action in pictures.
- author and illustrator
- writer and illustrator
- illustrator of picture books
Man, I got to get a better illustrator.
- Man, I got to get a better illustrator.
- And John is a really talented illustrator and animator, and he also does our storyboard artwork.
- An illustrator is in design, doing the work that they're told to do, to tell the story for the deadline.
- His his brother was a illustrator and said he would spec out one issue for him.
Examples
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Four years ago, Nelson was a freelance illustrator, doing about three cases a month.
Academic text (1994) -
She always wanted to be a children's book illustrator and teach art.
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Before the war he was an illustrator for a local newspaper.
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Now find me an illustrator.
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The author award has been given since 1956, and the illustrator award since 1966.
Academic text (2004) -
The table of contents provides the title, author, illustrator, and the company that converted the text to electronic form.
Academic text (2012) -
He was an illustrator and a writer.
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Josh Ellingson is a wonderful illustrator and designer.
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Lillian Hoban is the well-known author and illustrator of many, many picture books.
Fiction book (1992) -
Daniel Pinkwater is a famous author and illustrator of many books for children and for adults.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who makes art like paintings or sculptures with imagination and feeling
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3.5
An artist who makes pictures and designs for ads and product packaging
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
illustrator = illustrate (transparent) = illustrate + or
Productive agentive formation: the verb 'illustrate' plus '-or' yields 'person who illustrates', which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Illustrator comes from a Latin word meaning 'light' or 'make clear', and it shares that root with illustrate. So an illustrator 'lights up' a story or book with pictures to help readers see and understand the ideas.