Useful words to use

a list of word that are useful as an illustrator, im learning about at the moment....

A
Abstract
Absurdity
Acrylic
Advertising
Agent
Allegory
Almanacs
Alphabet Books
Alternative Comics
Anatomical Illustration
Animation
Annuals
Anthropomorphism
Appropriation
Architectural Illustration
Archive
Art Deco
Art Director
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts Movement
Art School
Assemblage
Authorship
Avant-garde
B
Badges
Bayeux Tapestry
Beardsley, Aubrey
Bewick, Thomas
Blab!
Blake, William
Book Art
Book Jacket
Botanical Illustration
Brainstorming
Brandywine School
Brief
C
Caldecott, Randolph
Campaign
Caricature
Cartoon
Chapbook
Character
Chiaroscuro
Children's Books
Client
Collaboration
Collage
Colour
Comics
Commentary
Commission
Communication Skills
Composition
Computer-generated Imagery
(CGI)
Conceptual Illustration
Copyright
Corporate Illustration
Crane, Walter
Cruikshank, George
Cubism
Cutaways
D
Dada
Decoration
Diagram
Digital Revolution
Disney, Walt
Doodle
Doré, Gustave
Drawing
E
Editorial Illustration
Educational Illustration
Embroidery
Encyclopedia
Entertainment
Environmental Illustration
Etching
Ethics
Experimentation
Expressionism
F
Fantasy
Fashion Illustration
Felt-tip Pens
Fin de Siècle
Flyers
Folio Society
Folk Art
Frottage
G
Genres
Gillray, James
Golden Age
Graffiti
Graphic Design
Graphic Novels
Greenaway, Kate
Greetings Cards
H
Hand-drawn Type
Herbals
Hieroglyphics
Historical Illustration
Hogarth, William
Humour
Hyperrealism
I
Ideas
Illuminated Manuscripts
Illustrated Ape, The
Illustrated London News,
Imagination
Information
Inspiration
Internet
Interpretation
J
Juxtaposition
K
Kirby, Jack
Kitsch
Knitted Illustration
Kollwitz, Kàthe
Kramers Ergot
L
Le Gun
Life Drawing
Line
Linocut
Lithography
Live Painting
Livre d'artiste
Logo
M
Magazines
Manga
Maps
Marketing
Mark Making
Masereel, Frans
Medical Illustration
Merchandising
Mixed Media
Mono Print
Mosaic
Murals
Music Graphics
N
Narrative
Natural Sciences
New Yorker, The
Notebook
O
Observational Drawing
Organisations
Ornithological Illustration
Outsider Art
P
Packaging
Paint
Paper
Pen and Ink
Pencil
Personal Projects
Personification
Perspective
Persuasion
Photocopier
Photography
Photomontage
Pictogram
Pitch
Polish Posters
Political Illustration
Pop-ups
Portfolio
Portrait
Postcards
Poster, The
Potter, Beatrix
Printmaking
Psychedelic
Pulp Fiction
Punch
Punk
Push Pin Studios
R
Raster
Rebus
Reference
Renaissance
Reportage
Representational
Research
Retro
Rockwell, Norman
Romanticism
S
Satire
Scanner
Science Fiction
Scrapbooks
Scratchboard
Screen Printing
Self Promotion
Self Publishing
Sequential Illustration
Serendipity
Silhouette
Simplicissimus
Skateboard
Sketchbook
Software
Speech Bubble
Spot Illustration
Stamps
Steinberg, Saul
Stencil
Storyboard
Storytelling
Street Art
Studio
Style
Surrealism
Symbolism
T
Tattoo
Technical Illustration
Television Graphics
Tenniel, Sir John
Text and Image
Textiles
Three-dimensional projects
Thumbnail
Title Sequences
Toys
Traditional Illustration
Travel Illustration
Trends
Trompe l'oeil
T-shirt
Typography
U
Ukiyo-e
Urban Vinyl
V
Varoom"
Vector
Vernacular
Victorian Illustration
Video Jockeying
Vienna Secession
Vignette
Virtual Worlds
Visual Impact
Visual Language
Visual Metaphor
W
War Illustration
Watercolour
Websites
Where the Wild
Things Are
Whimsical
Window Display
Wit
Woodcut
Wood Engraving
Working Process
Y
Yellow Book, The
Yellow Submarine
Z
Zeitgeist
Zines

all above words from....
The Visual Dictionary Of Illustration.

Working on a new style

I feel i should go for, a blend of vector imagery that is not to complicated that shows shape as one element. Then a carful blend of background elements constructed by mark making, showing a texture in the background.

The hard part is the idea, What is the meaning behind it. I intend to do the folowing during the holidays...

Make a childrens book -adventure book.
> snows magical adventure (or something like that)

Design some rebus (not by words, but by thing) images that mean words.
> pirate
> music
> youth slang
> internet

Make a play city/town.
> music
> cyber
> playful

If any of these i want to take further i will do so.