For many illustrators and designers, the process is what they struggle with the most. With editorial illustration specifically, because the budget is often tight, having an efficient process is really important in order to stay within budget.
For this assignment, I started with reading the article I had to illustrate and highlighting the group of words I felt were important and that I could represent somehow in my illustration.
• Whyte avenue
• meet Edmonton
• Fringe
• dazzling sun
• melody of sounds
• sweet, salty tang of food
• wine
• tickets
Once I had this list, I started imagining how they could be translated into images and started sketching on blank sheets of paper. Some people like to sketch with a pencil, I prefer to sketch with ink. In this case, I used my Pentel brush pen since this brush was inline with the look I was going for.
After I illustrated some elements, I started to think about my layout and then created images to present to Pete Nguyen, the Art Director on the project.