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Illustration for design: Assignment 2 thumbnail sketches

Here are the thumbnail sketches for the two different concepts:
Concept 1:Â Practice makes perfect
Concept 2: “OCD”, obsession with perfection
Still thinking about different forms and compositions that I can explore for the two concepts, as I have yet to decide which to work on!




Editorial illustration #4: pencil compositions
These are some really rough pencil comps I did to flesh out the ideas from the previous post:
I digitized them to better see how they would look:
This idea wasn’t outlined in a previous post, but came to me in class. Here’s style epitomized by the division between the two Koreas. I think it’s really interesting how drastically differently Read more →


Idea 1: Conveyor belt
two versions, one with a clearer diagonal division.
Idea 2: Tiny people.
I wanted to try an isometric illustrative style for this concept
The second layout has more breathing space around it, keeping the graphics smaller .



Editorial Illustration - Pencil Comps

Pencil Compositions for Varoom Magazine – Obsession
Rainbow Machine 1.9.5
Rainbow Emitting World




The 3 Pencil Comps

Sketches 1 and 2 are linked to the vending machine concept as said in the previous post. Sketch 3 is a more detailed sketch of a little’s girl’s obsession over a gingerbread house . I am personally leaning towards sketches 1 and 3 but still can’t seem to make up my mind Read more →


Illustration For Designer: Editorial (Research - 3) Composition Sketches

This is my Thumbnail Sketch on post-it for my composition:)
1-3, 5-7: I want to bring out the two side of of perspective in this composition, one side is the designer thoughts and another side is the stereotype thoughts people have towards designer.
4, This is one of my weakest composition i feel, personally I wanted to try Read more →

Thumbnail sketches + artist reference
Continuing from my previous post on my idea of an almost obsessive emphasis on keeping in trends, I’m using the metaphor of production lines and disproportionately sized arbitrary objects to bring my point across. The uniformly dressed workers are totally emotionless as they paint all these objects the same shade of paint to keep them on trend yet rendering them Read more →
Assignment 2 The Three ideas comp sketches

Hi, Class~ Here are my three sketch ideas. My topic will be the obsession – roads.
using Chinese calligraphy type of writing and also using the traffic light color as the main color in it. The mapping road of my life experience, the city/ country I been, and I like. But then so many places I had been, the obsession with it will be Read more →


DV2002: Assessment #2 - Editorial Illustration Part 2 (Process)


Theme: Empathy
I chose the Empathy as the theme. And Self-love as the topic. Because many of the times we are so caught up with our hectic daily life schedule, we tend to forget doing what we love. Genuinely caring for ourselves physically and mentally, such that we detach ourselves from the world and retreat to our safe haven to recharge.
User Persona
 Mood Read more →
DV2002: Assessment #2 - Editorial Illustration Part 1 (Research)


Welcome to the second assignment posting for Illustration for Designers! 🙂 So stoked to be able to be able to work on an editorial illustration, which I find that would be greatly practical for future use!
The brief states that…
We are commissioned to create an illustration for the front cover of The Associate of Illustrators bi-annual magazine, ‘Varoom’. Each of the edition Read more →