The profession of illustration developed in tandem with the profession of advertising and the two have been intertwined and somewhat dependent on each other since their beginnings. Before the popularity and feasibility of photographic reproduction, advertising depended on illustration as the means of producing visual images to complement the message of advertisements.

The invention and success of the computer has not replaced traditional illustrators, but given us a new set of tools to create and develop varying visual styles of illustration. If we can imagine it, we can make it!