Art Job Spotlight: Book Illustrator

An illustrator is a person who creates pictures for something. There are magazine illustrators, illustrators who work for companies, and book illustrators. We're going to talk about book illustrators.

A book illustrator is someone who makes pictures for a book. 

Book illustrators have a fun job. They get to imagine what the scene and characters are like and share that vision with the world. Love reading, writing, and art? Consider becoming a book illustrator!

A book illustrator can create JUST the outside of a book cover.

Do you recognize this famous cover? It was created by designer Chip Kidd.

An illustrator can also do the pictures on the the outside AND inside.
Let's look at some famous book illustrations/illustrators!

Illustrator: Eric Carle
Known for: The Very Hungry Caterpillar




Illustrator: Mary Grandpre
Known for: Harry Potter series




Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Known for: Where the Wild Things Are




Do you have a book that you love because of the pictures?