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illustration

[il-uh-strey-shuhn] / ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən /




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Merrill Sherman is an award-winning graphics reporter for The Wall Street Journal, specializing in illustration, 3-D drawing and data visualization.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

It is a moving illustration of how a space can hold and contain — feel safe — while also holding an open sense of possibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

For illustration, $1,900 is currently the average individual monthly Social Security payment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Top image shows a digital illustration of the surface of Mars.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The illustration accompanying the late-thirteenth-century Theodoric of Freiberg’s study of the rainbow when it appeared in print in Trutfetter’s textbook of 1514.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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