Traditionally, illustration is thought of as a visual acompaniment to the written word or a verbal idea. Ask any illustrator what their job entails however, and they will almost invariably tell you that first and foremost they are storytellers.
Illustration remains my first true love. From a very young age a book was almost always judged by its cover. What new worlds lie just beyond that well crafted piece of artwork, just waiting to be explored? How best to capture the spirit and not just the letter of the story that insipred the work in the first place? These and many more questions besides will never cease to insipre...