Illustration and Communication

I added more detail to this drawing by make the rubber on the end of the pencil rounded and adding a bit more shading. I also changed the mans foot on the left to make it more realistic and I added a bit more shading to the sofa they are sitting on.  I also added more detail to the backpack. By adding more detail I think it makes it look more realistic and if its a lot heavier. I added a few details on the boy too.  I mocked up a two page spread for my magazine. On one side I drew the boy dragging the bag across the page and the other side will be 3 spot illustrations. However, I am unsure what to put in those boxes. In the top left on the right page is a spot illustration of the boy sharing stories about his dad. I wanted the page on the right to be positive ways to cope with bereavement.   

My first one is to represent the idea of when time passes your memories of the person you lost start fading away. I thought I could link it to how a tree sheds it leaves showing that because this boy is young his memory of the person he lost will get foggier and foggier. To link it to school I made him dressed in his uniform and backpack either walking to or from school. Overall, this isn't my favourite of the 3 visuals, however its an interesting concept.  This is my second visual for a zine cover, inspired by the idea of emotional baggage while dealing with the stress of school work and exams. I exaggerated the size of the bag, left a zip open- to show emptiness, the feeling of a massive weight on your shoulders and feeling emotionless about anything other than the bereavement you are going through. I added of shadow made from the background to really explain the idea that this baggage the boy is carrying derived from the loss of his father. This design is linking both the idea o...

  Here are some of the designs inspired by my mind map. Based mainly around bereavement. However, I made a character who is in high school dealing with the loss of a loved one. I made thumbnails of things that I have researched are good to do while missing them eg; writing letters, doing activities that remind you of them, listening to their music and talking to them. My two favourite illustrations would be "feeling like they're around" and "missing them". "Feeling like they're around" is inspired by when I used to walk home from university I'd listen to music and felt like my dad was around, it was an easy way to feel at ease. "Missing them" is inspired by an experience my mum has; when she watches telly she imagine my dad in the seat he used to sit and similar to me, it was like having company. I did a line drawing of the previous thumbnail to see how I'd like the look of it on A4. I used a blue background. I wanted to use a bri...

  Mind map of both the target market and the topic School Dealing with Bereavement 

 Proposition; what am I trying to say My proposition for the editorial illustration is to bring awareness to a person's mental health while dealing with bereavement during a Pandemic. My illustrations are a way to make the subject of 'Loss', for young people especially, less taboo and making more people aware that it's okay to feel sadness while still celebrating the impact that loved one had on your life. Statistics surrounding child/teenager bereavement 1 in 29 5-16 year olds has been bereaved of a parent or sibling - that's a child in every average class. A parent of children under 18 dies every 22 minutes in the UK; around 23,600 a year. This equates to around 111 children being bereaved of a parent every day. 6% of British adults believe it’s never appropriate to talk to children of any age about death. Nearly half (48%) of British adults agree that topics on death and dying should be taught as part of the compulsory primary school syllabus. More than 1 in 5 (2...

This is drawing is inspired from a number of articles that mention the way bereavement hits likes waves. The way that memories hit you out of no where and you have no control. I think that this illustration could be a good spot illustrations in the article. This could show how no matter what you will always be reminded of the loved one. However, I think I maybe add a few more things to show the audience this is showing how it feels when you are reminded of pleasant or unpleasant memories of the person you have recently lost. I like how this drawing the waves have a gradient to them from the use of watercolour, but I think I could ad more detail to the person.  This illustration is inspired by losing someone through lockdown and how it feels like you're in your own bubble and can't get help. This was a quick illustration so I didn't try to make the people detailed I just wanted to show the concept people trapped in their own bubbles, their own minds and having themselves as ...