A challenging piece for me was a non-narrative piece about cooking without a recipe. The editors basically wanted an infographic type of flow chart to illustrate the process. I saw an article in a recent issue of Esquire that had a similar concept, so I thought I could take this story on. Initially, I tried to emulate the Esquire spread too much. I overestimated the similarities between the two stories and was trying to force our story into the Esquire format. Obviously, that didn't work so well.
So, I scrapped that and started over. It still took some time, but I'm happy with how it turned out. I think this layout works much better with the content, but still gives a flowchart feel.

I've also started working on a feature spread about a themed date night. Right now the title is "Bollyfood" and the theme is, of course, Indian food. When I think of Indian food and culture, sari fabric is one of the first things that comes to mind. I love the rich colors and ornate decorations that they have. From a design perspective, I am excited to use those saturated colors in my design. So far I just have an opening page and it's very rough. Here's what I have so far:

Finally, in my world of design, I had an illustration for Vox that printed last week. It was for the screen department's story on actors and actresses that have played God or Jesus on screen. It was a tricky to get art for the piece. The editor and I spent spring break searching for photos that we had rights to publish. Originally, I wanted to draw the body of Jesus and have a cutout photo of an actor. In the end, I illustrated the whole thing and put a cutout where the face would be. I think this illustrated the concept well.

1 comment:
I really like your date night splash page. Using those textures and colors is such a great touch. Sometimes I feel like that's what I need in some of my designs is the texture on the page where it gives the page more depth. Good job.
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