Illustration Art Collecting

Welcome to the world of Illustration Art Collecting. An illustrator is a graphic artist who creates a picture or illustration for book covers, or pages in a book. In decades of the past the illustrator was also used to illustrate greeting cards, magazine covers, articles within a magazine, newspapers, and advertisements.

Computers and photography have changed the look of most of these mediums in our current society. The graphic artists of the past used their own styles and created some truly remarkable pieces of art that people enjoy collecting today.

Most people are familiar with Norman Rockwell who illustrated many of the covers for the Saturday Evening Post and advertisements for Crest Toothpaste along with other product advertisements. The seasoned collector of illustration art goes beyond Rockwell and collects other artists who were just as talented but didn't have the marketing savvy of Rockwell.

My Senior Squids group challenge for this week was to create a lens about Art. Follow me as I introduce you to some very talented and collectible illustration artists from the past.

Image Credit: a> Collection Of Magazine Covers