Editorial Illustration

I did not like my final Illustration for this article because I thought it was a little too simplistic and felt like it wasn't up to the expectations I had hoped for. After some thought I decided to change my article because I felt like I couldn't get a good feel for the story of the article and it just seemed to simplistic in my eyes. I felt that with a different article I would be able to achieve something more hand rendered based, in doing so I researched further in the Resurgence and Ecologist article, and decided I wanted to use watercolours. I did some experiments with the paints. After experimenting with watercolours, I realised I didn't have much control with watercolours, I then moved over to trying acrylic, in doing so I found it was a lot easier to control. I then proceeded to created an object I could work with and experiment on (Diamond shape.) After doing a rough sketch with the shape chosen, I took forward the idea of using acrylic, I then started to crea...

A few weeks ago we were asked to create an Illustration for an article, we had the choosing from 3 articles, 'Resurgence and Ecologist,' 'North Coast 500' and 'Ambition and Illustration.' The following links below are for each of the articles. http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/ambition-and-illustration https://www.resurgence.org/ https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/camping/articles/travel/camping-on-the-north-coast-500-part-1 I decided to get right into it, by reading through the articles thoroughly and taking notes, while also creating small thumbnails for designs that I may take forward. Planning for the Resurgence and Ecologist Article Planning for the North Coast 500 Article  Planning for the Ambition and Illustration Article My first initial idea was to choose the North Coast 500 article, sticking to a limited coloured palette, creating something simple but explains the article clearly, I used pens and fine liners, ...