P3a - Narrative Illustration - Spread

You have been given the assignment from a magazine art director to create a two-page narrative illustration to embellish the publication’s main article for the month of December. If they like the illustration, the job may expand into several additional spot illustrations for article, and maybe even the front cover for that month.

You will need to do research and determine the particulars,  context and content for this class project.

The magazine can either be a children’s publication, a travel, or a sports magazine.

The illustration will contain subject(s), a context and portray an event— a past, on-going situation, or upcoming situation. In other words it will illustrate people or objects doing something in a place over time.

Visual composition, eye-movement, and message syntax will work together to aid your imagery to convey the narrative story.

Here is an example of a narrative illustration by my neighbor Greg Newbold who is a professional illustrator.

Creative Brief

Choose your magazine type, your subject and story by the beginning of class on Thursday, September 27th. Post your assignment idea as a illustration creative brief, and be as specific as possible regarding the description, sender, audience and message.

Visual Research & Concept Roughs

The next phase of this assignment is visual research, thumbnail explorations and concept roughs.

Here is an example of three concept roughs for an illustration project, also by Greg Newbold.

Here are examples of illustrative spreads by other illustrators.

SCHEDULE

Post six thumbnail explorations and three small concept roughs of your narrative illustration on your blog by the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 3rd.

Choose the concept rough(s) that you and your colleagues feel has the best potential, and evolve it into a tight comprehensive color illustration and post it on your blog by the beginning of class on Thursday, October 5th.