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