Artists who create drawings, paintings, or other visual representations to explain, decorate, or accompany text. Professional creators of visual content for books, magazines, and digital media.
From Latin 'illustrare' meaning 'to light up, brighten, or make clear' (in- 'in' + lustrare 'to illuminate'). The profession emerged with the printing press, but the term gained prominence in the 19th century with mass-produced illustrated books and magazines.
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