# Illustrator

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator/210191>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 15, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator/210191 "2006-12-15T23:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Night](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@Night](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Night)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator/210191/1 "2006-12-15T23:08:38Z")

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Hey,

Say someone wanted to become an illustrator, freelance or for a company. What would they need to be good in? Of course drawing/shading with a pencil, but is it recommended to be good at colouring pencil drawn images in Photoshop and Illustrator, and would they need a Wacom tablet or something similar as well?

Thanks for any help,  
Night~