Then the young man decided to become an independent illustrator, someone who makes drawings and pictures for a living.

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That is why author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer chose to write the children's book "What Darwin Saw: The Journey that Changed the World."

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It used to be, not very long ago, that you needed to hire an illustrator or designer to help you create one of these files or images.

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"I received some kidding from co-workers, but I am now able to use Illustrator and Dreamweaver, " Hernandez says.

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His childhood dream to be an illustrator was realised in 1951 when he was commissioned to do the art for Wonderful Farm by Marcel Ayme and by 1957 he was writing his own books.

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