{"id":9562,"date":"2017-04-07T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T10:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphicmama.com\/blog\/?p=9562"},"modified":"2023-10-12T06:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T06:57:30","slug":"types-of-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphicmama.com\/blog\/types-of-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Illustration – Styles and Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"

We noticed that there are several definitions of what illustration<\/a> might be<\/strong>\u00a0and what different types of illustration<\/strong>\u00a0exist.<\/strong>\u00a0Each time we tried to find a video, an article, or some other source throwing light on the subject – we got lost or we didn’t get enough information; or we had to look at several places to be able to systemize our findings.<\/p>\n

Let’s have a brief look of<\/p>\n

What types of illustration are there?<\/h2>\n

Techniques – traditional and modern
\n1. Woodcutting<\/a>
\n2. Metal etching<\/a>
\n3. Pencil illustration<\/a>
\n4. Charcoal illustration<\/a>
\n5. Lithography<\/a>
\n6. Watercolor illustration<\/a>
\n7. Gouache illustration<\/a>
\n8. Acrylics illustration<\/a>
\n9. Collage illustration<\/a>
\n10. Pen and ink illustration<\/a>
\n11. Freehand digital illustration<\/a>
\n12. Vector graphics<\/a><\/p>\n

Styles
\n1. Concept art<\/a>
\n2. Children’s book illustrations<\/a>
\n3. Graphic novels\/comics<\/a>
\n4. Books, publications, editorial<\/a>
\n5. Advertising<\/a>
\n6. Packaging<\/a>
\n7. Branding and logo<\/a><\/p>\n

Now we will go more in-depth for the individual sections:<\/p>\n