Editorial Illustration

Article Chosen.

The heading for the article and the illustration itself take a slightly comical view of something that can be very serious for those affected by dementia. Since the article is written by the lady herself I assume she is wanting to put a little light on a difficult subject. The article itself reads like a story which concludes with a warning on how to potentially spot the signs of early dementia in loved ones.

The style of the illustration is comical and storybook like with bold colours and a simplistic but effective design. It really stands out as the central piece, drawing your eye into the article itself. I think it's quite a clever angle to take for such a serious subject.

Chosen Heading:

I heading I chose for my editorial illustration was: 'The best restaurant in town'.

I then proceeded to look for articles that would suit the heading, it took some digging as a  lot of the things I found online were Top 10 places to eat... type of articles but I managed to find an interesting one about a fish restaurant fairly local to where we live.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/wells-crab-house-wins-best-restaurant-in-norfolk-award-1-5696811

Initial Thoughts:

The words or key important facts from the article that stood out to me were:

• Award Winning
• Local Fresh Fish/Seafood
• Personal Touches
• Front of House
• Decor

Rough Sketches:

Words to describe the Illustration:

• Fun
• Diagrammatical
• Cartoon Style
• Story
• Bold Colours (matching the restaurant decor)
• Decorate the text

Size: 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm)

Visual Roughs:

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My initial ideas were to create icons of the most meaningful things about the restaurant including the two awards won. I wanted the shop icon to be the main focal point of the illustration, especially as the decor is so quirky and talked about in the article also. I thought about ways to tie the icons together and thought about drawing little shells as directional wavy lines but then I thought fish shapes would be more fun and relevant. I wasn't sure if it cluttered the image too much so I will play around some more with this and see how it looks. I thought about drawing some shells as decoration to help fill the space more equally. I will put all this into Procreate and play around with placement for the icons and colours.

Final Client Visual:

I decided to go for a simpler version of my previous ideas. I really wanted to capture the shop front as it is so vibrant and eye catching and I wanted to include the awards they had won too.

Final Illustration:

I am really pleased with the final illustration, I like the simplicity of it and I feel it communicates the vibrancy and uniqueness of the restaurant which came across in the article and the photos i found on their website.