The Latin letter i may be used either as a vowel or a consonant. When used as a consonant, it often is replaced by the letter j, which originally, was simply an orthographic long i that was used in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels.
Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863â1935) An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. The origin of the word âillustrationâ is late Middle English: via Old French from Latin illustratio, from the verb illustrate.
A picture, also called an image, is a group of colored points on a flat surface that looks the same as something else. For example, a picture can look the same as an object or a person. Pictures can also be drawings, paintings or photographs. People who make such pictures are called artists, photographers or painters.