Illustrators – Page 2

I don’t think of

I don’t think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures – I don’t illustrate the story with the pictures. Chris Ware

I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn’t take any classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements. Brian Selznick

I love illustrating for

I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story. Brian Selznick

I love being an

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would’ve seen. And I get to draw all the time. Brian Selznick

And I had worked

And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that’s how I wanted to make my living. Brian Michael Bendis

I had a job

I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country, and immediately I started to paint fairies and trolls. Brian Froud

Speaking of line, what

Speaking of line, what artist of line was ever able to find more depth and volume than Hirschfeld? He was an illustrator and a caricaturist, but first and foremost, an artist. Billy Cannon

After that I jumped,

After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators. Bill Sienkiewicz

I am an author-illustrator

I am an author-illustrator of children’s books – and yet – I must confess I don’t do the books for the kids. When I’m working on a book I’m somewhere else – at the circus – or a rustic old farm – or deep in a forest – with no thought of who might read … Read more

Norman Rockwell spent his

Norman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings…pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their own lives. But the art establishment branded him an ‘illustrator’, a sentimental one at that. Real artists, they said were doing art for art’s sake, not for the sake of the bourgeois public. … Read more