Title Slide Slide 1: - Reflective, Thought-provoking, Fast-paced, Translates the concept, Engaging - Mainly for magazines and newspapers Slide 2: - The average salary for an illustrator working with newspapers is $54,000* which is equivalent to £43,000. - *might not be 100% accurate Slide 3: - The Association of Illustrators sells ‘The Editorial Directory’ online which has a list of companies that commission editorial illustration. Slide 4: - Because of the change from print media to online, more illustration needs to be able to work digitally. Illustrators may need to translate their work into gifs/moving image in order to keep up with this. Slide 5: - Art directors like to see a range of work in portfolios, and see a social element to an illustrator’s work, for example using Behance/Instagram. Build a strong and cohesive portfolio that shows your strengths in your area of interest. Do lots of research when making editorial work – especially because of legal requirements. The more informed your research is, the better work you will make. Slide 6: John Holcroft - social media and Brexit – work often covers current affairs, so you need to keep up-to-date with the news Slide 7: Dadu Shin – the impact of education on employment prospects and climate change Slide 8: Ping Zhu – discrimination in the workplace based on age and the cover of a science magazine. The two examples show the need to work across different formats and sizes. Often, the work needs to fit into a specific size and there is not much room for negotiation in this aspect. Slide 9: Malika Favre – food review in a lifestyle magazine and the cover of The New Yorker Slide 10: Eleni Karlokoti – Her work is a good example of having to use a limited colour palette in editorial work. This is a common feature because of the printing processes/costs involved in producing magazines/newspapers.
Slide 11: NY Times – The Op ed page. This has long been a way for illustrators to voice their opinions on recent news events and allows them the freedom address topics close to their heart. Slide 12: Instagram – Instagram is a place for illustrators to share their work and also for art directors to discover new work. The New York Times also has a page dedicated to opinion art pieces which is a great platform for work. Slide 13: The Guardian – The Observer – Uses a lot of editorial illustration in print and online, especially for the weekend supplements. Slide 14: Varoom – contemporary illustration magazine and website that features interviews, trends, and critical articles Slide 15: It’s Nice That – Has specific pages on illustration and a range of design practice. They have a lot of interviews and feature different illustrators every so often – can be used to keep on top of trends and also as a platform for work. They also release a bi-annual publication called ‘Printed Pages’ which is a collection of 240 pages of the best work they featured from the previous six months. Slide 16: frankie is a lifestyle magazine and has quite a playful approach, using a lot of illustration. In the current issue, it also had a ‘diy mobile’ feature which is a bit more interactive. Slide 17: Men’s health uses illustrations to show readers different exercise moves. This isn’t the first thing you might think of when you think ‘editorial’ but it is another aspect of it. Slide 18: Discovery Science and Wired, being scientific magazine, they need to show quite abstract concept, or in the case of the Dinosaur magazine, it is physically impossible to take photos of the subject matter. Slide 19: Womankind magazine uses a lot of illustration to make it stand out from other women’s lifestyle magazines. It has a lot of illustration throughout by a range of artists. Slide 20: Little White Lies – is always illustrated and features a range of movie reviews and articles and a prominent cover illustration, as well as a number of spot illustrations and other features.