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Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers
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Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers

by Fábio Sasso
May 2011
Beginner
216 pages
5h 18m
English
New Riders
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Chapter 3. Illustration

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Destroy, by Adrian Romero

An illustration is a pictorial image used to complete, explain, or add information; it can also serve to synthesize or simply decorate a text. Although the term illustration most often refers to drawings, paintings, or collages, a photograph is another type of illustration that may serve these purposes when accompanying a body of text. Furthermore, an illustration is one of the most important elements of graphic design.

Illustrations have been a part of human culture since our ancestors lived in caves. It is in caves that we’ve found the oldest kind of illustrations: petroglyphs, or rough drawings ...

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