diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2dc53ca3..9cae7cbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 .idea/
+
+illustration_sources/