For my first layout and idea I wanted to reflect how no one actually delves deeper into the history of Pearl Bank Apartments or how they never take pictures of anything but the facade of the building. Hence I was going to include my interviews to try and give a deeper perspective of Pearl Bank Apartment.

 

However I did not really have pictures that I thought were good enough I decided to just illustrate my zine and make it into a narrative.

So I first sketched out some layouts, but as I am not very good at drawing I decided to trace out some of the photos that I took.

I proceeded to image trace and paint it on illustrator. However I never did this before so I did not consider how tedious it would be to use a mouse to paint. Thank goodness my screen was a touch screen so I eventually used my fingers to paint.

 

I had some difficulty with choosing a style so I went to pinterest

I was quite settled for the background so I had to draw characters that matched the sketchy style.

 

I also had to thin out some lines.

Lastly I wrote out my words to complete the sketchy feel and then scanned it.