illustrator

[ il-uh-strey-ter, ih-luhs-trey-ter ]

/ ˈɪl əˌstreɪ tər, ɪˈlʌs treɪ tər /

an artist who makes illustrations: an illustrator of children's books.

a person or thing that illustrates.

Origin of illustrator

1590–1600; < Late Latin, equivalent to illustrā(re) to illustrate + -tor -tor

Miller first appeared on the cover of Vogue in 1927 in a blue hat and pearls, drawn by renowned French illustrator Georges Lepape.

‘Lee Miller in Fashion’: A Look at the Famed War Photographer’s More Unknown Work |Erin Cunningham |October 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
When I became an author and illustrator in the 80s, I managed to meet him---by the Empire State Building of all places.

Maurice Sendak Is Remembered Fondly by Author and Filmmaker William Joyce |William Joyce |May 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The two got to talking about comics, West said, and she mentioned she was working on a book and needed an illustrator.

The 'Where's Waldo' Bank Robber |Winston Ross |September 28, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
William Blake, the eighteenth century poet, illustrator, engraver and mystic, worked from home but lived in his imagination.

William Blake's Heavenly Imagination |Chloe Malle |November 12, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

Illustrator Hilary Knight is being honored by the New York Public Library tonight.

Eloise at 55 |Rachel Syme |November 1, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Studies so conscientious of time, costume and portraiture ennoble the illustrator's calling.

The Pansy Magazine, April 1886 |Various
The illustrator who would live by his work must live with it.

The Building of a Book |Various
About 1515 he left Augsburg with Ambrose, his elder brother, to seek employment as an illustrator of books at Basel.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 |Various
Illustrated, illustrating, illustrative and illustrator, are likewise accented on the second syllable.

Every-Day Errors of Speech |L. P. Meredith
Kesler, at Basel, in 1492, he too began to work as an illustrator.

Early Illustrated Books |Alfred W. Pollard