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illustration

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




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Traditionally, storyboarding is done by hand or digital illustration through a collaboration between directors and storyboard artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

But this is only a memory — a child’s version of an experience, filmed with all of the bright colors and simple setups of an illustration in a storybook.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

One illustration is the cost of a category called “computer software and accessories” in the consumer-price index.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

In an illustration of the extent to which local businesses are pinning their hopes on the tournament being a success, Jenkins said the fan festival would be "a difference maker".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

A classic illustration of how such diseases occur as epidemics is the history of measles on the isolated Atlantic islands called the Faeroes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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