Editorial Image - Final Resolutions

Editorial Image - Final Resolutions/Feedback

- Strong range of imagery using multiple media such as hand drawn, photography, type etc.

- A thin black stroke is needed to define the area around the illustrative images as the background is too similar to the newsprint stock.

- Really good use of colour on the hand rendered illustrations. Has a nice line quality and flat colour fills.

- The type image - 'happily ever after?' is a little too overpowering and distracts from the title of that particular article.

- Good use of space in the Tim Dowling article - and I've managed to incorporate two themes from the text through the swear jar and sad face sticker.

Editorial Image - Development

For two of the articles, the supporting images I have produced are hand-rendered illustrations. The 'Doctor-Doctor' article was based around personal questions sent in from readers and I thought that something drawn by hand would reflect this aspect. Below is the original sketch I did of; a glass of water, a box of tissues and some paracetemols - this was meant to link directly to one of the questions asked by a reader about the common cold. 

The other drawing was of a swear jar which featured in the Tim Dowling article and I thought that this was one of the strongest parts of his column that provided a strong enough visual aspect. I also did a smaller drawing to compliment the swear jar of one of the sad face stickers that the journalist talked about which helped to fill the space of the awkward given shape.

The fineliner sketches were scanned in and then filled with colour on Photoshop to leave a clean and simple illustration with delicate lines and pleasing flat colour areas.

Editorial Image - Development

The column about finances and large numerical values was a difficult one to tackle without being very obvious and simply illustrating one of the subjects directly. As I was already planning a couple of drawings for two of the other articles, I decided that a photograph would be the best way forward here in order to showcase a variety of image making across all of the given articles.

The photograph I composed features a debit card, cash and change as well as somebody counting on their hands. The article in question talks about how people struggle to understand and visualise huge figures and this photo was meant to show how people always go back to counting on their hands from time-to-time. It was then cropped into a square to fit the available space.

For the 'relationship maths' article - I again wanted to produce something different to the others I was working on and so I went for a small piece of type. Since the column was centred around Facebook, I went for the synonymous blue and white with a piece of type that hopefully communicates the message of the article.

Editorial Image

Brief: You have been given four articles, which you must produce an image to accompany. The images will sit alongside the text from the article in a page format so therefore must refer to the article directly.

The articles are laid out below:

Article 1/ Tim Dowling: New Year Resolutions, less swearing, be kinder to animals, sleep more, contact lenses, don't make bread, less deliveries, complaints procedure.

Article 2/ Change your life: Facts & figures, large and incomprehensible numbers, effort and impact, charity donations.


Article 3/ Relationship Maths: Facebook friends, friend circles, relationships between you, your friends and your partner.


Article 4/ Doctor. Doctor: Common cold, Infections, white blood cells, fighting illness, cancer, adults/older people, women.