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illustration

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




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The AI illustration has pulled liberally from all three trilogies, placing the adult faces of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher on the children.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Wood’s accessibility, to some critics, indicated that his work was middlebrow illustration rather than art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The success of optogenetics is an illustration of the importance of continuing to ask questions simply to understand the world around us because it’s impossible to predict where knowledge will take us.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

His detractors recoiled at the ostentatious displays, questioned the origins of his money and his political connections, and saw his lifestyle as a stark illustration of inequality.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Grandma knocked, and came into my room,” she said, and a new illustration appeared: a woman silhouetted in a doorway, light spilling in behind her.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

His illustrations also appear in out-of-home ads as part of the campaign, called “Perfect Harmony.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Axel Scheffler, whose illustrations have captivated children since 1999, said he wanted AI companies to stop using artists' work without permission.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But the few strong illustrations and even fewer high-quality paintings and sculptures are bracing outliers amid a sea of mostly 19th- and 20th-century melodramatic, sentimental and patriotic illustration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Like most made-for-TV illustrations, these fantasies didn’t reflect life for most people, and certainly not working-class families with two working parents.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

At night, I searched my magic book for illustrations of Char or anything written by him.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine


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