End of an Era

As the three years of my Illustration Degree draw to a close, we, as a year group have collated double page spread illustrations we have done, each for a specific year or time span which will then go together to form out Graduate Book.

My focus was the 1950's.

The 1950's was a time for change after the war was over and part of this change involved new things for youth. It was the first time that they become their our identifiable group with opportunities, and were not just looked at as that age group between children and adults.

The pop culture became more fun and it was reflected in the activities, fashion, music and entertainment.

In 1955 Disneyland California first opened and this was the big event that focused my pages to that specific year where Rebel Without A Cause was also released and became a very popular film; and Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets was a top hit.

Mediums Used: Pencil Line; Sharpie patterns and Photoshop for colour.

New Scientist

"New Scientist magazine has been keeping readers up to date with the latest science and technology news from around the world. With a network of correspondents and editorial offices worldwide, we have a global reach that no other science magazine can match."

Choosing one from three different articles we then had to create three illustrations; one main illustration, a smaller spot illustration and a banner illustration which would then be used in a double page spread surrounded by the article in a New Scientist magazine. 

It was important to think about what magazine we were producing the illustrations for - who their target market is and the form of editorial illustrations which are often conceptual. 

Main Illustration

Banner Illustration

Spot Illustration

I worked by drawing out my illustrations in pencil; scanned them in and then painted them in photoshop and used various textures I had made from painting textures to overlay on top of the coloured image so that it wasn't just flat block colour. I also drew over the full illustration with markings and lines to add another level to the illustration.

Line Art

Marking to overlay onto illustrations

Paint Textures created for these editorial illustrations