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illustration

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




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Alexandra's award-winning work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, the Society for News Design, 3x3 and the Society of Publication Designers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

An 18th Century waterworks in Clerkenwell is being transformed into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, which was previously based in King's Cross under a different name.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Illustration also allowed him to depict images that couldn’t be shown on television.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Illustration of what the Europa Clipper spacecraft will look like flying by Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023

See Illustration in Appendix. µ They have four pairs of legs, no antenn‘ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill‘ or palpi.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah




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