One illustration is a full-page, full bleed image which should be presented as follows: CMYK - image size 160mm wide X 226mm high at a resolution of 300 dpi. Note: this dimension includes a 3mm bleed around all four sides.

The second image is a black and white chapter heading that is aligned to the body of the justified text. As such it must occupy an area of 105mm wide X 50mm high. Note: there is no requirement that it has to have a crisp, rectangular edge so you may treat it as a vignette.The final artwork should be presented as a 300 dpi, grayscale image. 

This for me was a key scene and one that contained the most imagery for me to work with. I thought that the idea of this demon's hand reaching over Dennistoun's head would make an interesting piece. 

Stock photos are hilarious. I looked at a few of a man sitting in a chair as I wanted to draw the main character sat by his desk. I work much better using reference images as opposed to working purely from memory. I flipped the image in Procreate as I found that facing to the right worked better. 

I started off with quick thumbnails. Again, I found that the demon reaching over Dennistoun's head really stood out for me, so I tried different compositions, where I focused mainly on the demon and the main character. I also looked into perhaps drawing the cathedral...but I preferred the other option as it made for a more dynamic piece. 

I must admit I struggled with the vignettes, I found it difficult to think of what I could draw that'd fit the story appropriately. Here are some quick initial ideas below:  

I wanted a dark colour palette in order to create an atmospheric piece. I took inspiration from pieces I saw on Pinterest during my research that also used this type of colour palette. I think the colours help with making it a bit more spooky. I found the process of using procreate enjoyable . Here are some developed pieces that I thought would work well. 

After some feedback with Tony, I decided to re-look at the composition of the piece. I liked the idea of haveing Dennistoun. sat by his desk and the demon's hand but I found that the above did not capture the scene appropriately, therefore below I thumbnailed some quick alternative compositions, adding in a desk and a book in order to fit the piece better. 

Furthermore, with the vignettes, we discussed that drawing the cathedral in which the story begins in would be an appropriate fit for the piece as it kind of sets the whole story. below are quick thumbnails I produced.

The first brief we've been given is to create an editorial illustration based on an article we've been given. Here is the article I chose at random:  

And here's what I have to produce: 
1 × illustration
135 × 75mm
CMYK
&
1 × spot illustration
45 × 65mm
B&W

In brief, the article writes about how Bird Watching has become increasingly popular during the lockdown period and that bird watching groups have seen their memberships rise due to this. Many are using bird watching and listening to bird song in order to help cope with their anxiety during the pandemic. 

Overall, the article is uplifting and lighthearted. I need this to reflect in my illustrations. 

I have also recently invested in Procreate for the iPad. I'm really impressed with the app and plan on using it a lot more. Please excuse the bad drawings, my pencil hasn't arrived yet so I've done these with my finger which is very difficult! However for quick brainstorming it'll do. 

For the main illustration I was thinking of drawing a bird-watcher looking happy and enjoying the tranquility of the outdoors and the birdsong. I'm unsure whether or not to have a piece where the focus is mainly on the bird-watcher (denoting that they are a bird-watcher with the binoculars and other objects perhaps?) or to create a garden based setting with a bird as the main focus. This is something I will have to think about in order to decide which is more suitable for the brief. 

Another idea I had was to draw a webpage, or a Facebook page for a bird-watching group and somehow show the member numbers rapidly increasing. ​

I felt that the feedback session we had with Dwayne was very useful. It made me realise that I was going in the wrong direction with my ideas. My ideas are only portraying the idea of bird watching they're not portraying the idea of bird watching during the pandemic, which is what the article is about. So with that in mind, here are some of my new ideas: 

Here I was trying a range of different ideas. I must admit that I am finding it rather difficult to think of things to accurately portray the content of the article. However, I did like the image of the girl sat looking out the window, so I decided to look at this one and develop it further. 

From the thumbnail sketches, I really liked the idea of the phones and also the person sat looking out the window. I decided to work on these and push them further before deciding on my final piece.

After some very helpful additional feedback with Tony on our Monday session, I looked at my designs again and pushed them even further to fit the article better. 

I thought for the person sitting in the window, I could turn their head into a pair of binoculars, the lenses as eyes, looking out the window at the colourful singing birds.  The coronavirus is the wallpaper, but the person has their back to it and is instead focusing on the birds, and the phone on the blanket has the bird watching group on it... which I hope relays the contents of the article a lot better. However I do feel as if this could be pushed further again although I'm not 100% sure how. 

For the spot illustration, I liked the idea of having the phone with a bird watching group page up on it, I think this has clear denotation of the article. I also put little colourful birds on the coronavirus. I must admit when I was making this, I forgot that it was meant to be in black and white, therefore I think I could change the colours in the original piece in order to have a range of different tones which help the piece stand out more in the B&W piece.