1. An illustration is a visualization or a depiction made by an artist, such as a drawing, sketch, painting, photograph, or other kind of image of things seen, remembered or imagined, using a graphical representation.

During our education research, we came across a short film created by an illustrator during his last year of art school that describes in a short video “what is illustration”.  An art illustrator tells a story through their drawings.

From the creator:  “This is a short film about illustration, which is based on a poem that I wrote in my last year of art school, needless to say; studying illustration.  It concerns a fictitious congratulatory letter written by a proud tutor to a recent graduate.  So in summation, a letter of recommendation from the head of illustration ( a man of considerable reputation).