Commons:Illustration

See also: commons:meet our illustrators and commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.

As a repository of libre educational media, Commons is not limited to photographic and videographic files. If you have artistic ability, you can contribute to the sum of all knowledge by creating illustrations! This page collects information and links pertaining to doing so in the most useful way.

Selecting subjects

 See also categories: VisibleWikiWomen and portraits (Les sans images).

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Research, verisimilitude and accuracy

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Techniques

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Ethics

Although the style of this depiction of the members of the band Fall Out Boy is cartoony, it does not demean those shown.

See also: commons:personality rights.

While for educational purposes it is not necessary to excessively flatter the subject (after all, many of our subject areas are upsetting to various people), neither should the depiction be unduly exaggerated or objectionable. Instead, an even-handed style should be sought to best inform the viewer (see previous section).