: Define "illustrate". As a successful technical communicator since 1998, I must confess I have the visual-arts sensibilities of a gerbil. But I have done well-received diagrams of complex-system

Define "illustrate".

As a successful technical communicator since 1998, I must confess I have the visual-arts sensibilities of a gerbil. But I have done well-received diagrams of complex-system components and their relationshops, dataflow diagrams, and similar sorts of schematic-ey illustrations. (Think Visio or similar connect-the-blocks tools.)

But "illustrate" may also mean more visually sophisticated artwork of the sort one sees in marketing brochures. I'm smart enought to know I need to find a graphics specialist for that...

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