Processes, Techniques, Knowledge Areas

__Editorial/book/documentary approaches
__Wraparound design formats
__Drawing/painting/photographic/printmaking/digital techniques
__Design techniques in illustration
__Mural painting
__Knowledge of human anatomy/kinetic anatomy
__Distortion/dislocation/interpolation/caricature techniques
__Color theory/mixing
__Portraiture/figurative/landscape techniques
__Flat/bas-relief/3D forms of narrative
__Mixed media techniques: collage, montage, assemblage, frottage
__Storyboarding/layout
__Bookbinding (see Book Arts)
__Storytelling/narrative structures in illustration
__Illustration formats

• books
• magazines
• greeting cards
• textbooks
• CD-ROM/clip art
• interactive multimedia
• posters
• comic books
• zines
  

__Symbology/iconography
__3D rendering
__Scientific, technical, medical illustration

Materials, Equipment, Technology

__Computer programs

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
• QuarkXPress
• Maxon Cinema 4D
• Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash
• Metacreations Painter

__Wet mediums: acrylic/polymers, oil, gouache, airbrush, watercolor
__Dry mediums: pastel, pencil, colored pencil, crayon, scratchboard, pen/ink, charcoal
__Impasto/additives