Editorial Illustration, more clarity on homework assignments!

In the interest of clarity with regard to the homework assignments I gave to you this week, I wanted to get into a little more explanation of what an Editorial Illustration is and can be.

Editorial illustration:
So what’s an editorial illustration? This type of work has a deep history in political satire, especially. (Just Google “political cartoons” to see what’s been and being done.) Editorial illustration, though, extends beyond the world of politics. Every day, newspapers and magazines print illustrations alongside their articles to illuminate some element of the concepts for the reader.

Editorial illustrations then are an artists response to the text of the editorial. The illustrator is tasked with interpreting the text into a visual that accentuates some important point made in the article. Frequently, but not always, this will involve caricature and likenesses, but not always( In this assignment you are to definitely use likeness as part of the work.

Here are some names of some more editorial illustrators you can check out to get more thoughts about the field.

Art Spiegelman
Adrian Tomine
Mark Zingarelli
Tim Bower
Anthony Freda
Niklas Asker
Steven Brodner
James Bennet
Gary Kelley
CF Payne
Fred Harper
Rudy Gutierrez


There are more on the sheet I provided and chekcing out the websites of agents like Richard Solomon can give you an idea of the diverse artists and styles of the artists who work in editorial. 

Sketchbook Assignment:

T reiterate the homework assignment for sketchbooks( which is on the schedule portion of the syllabus I handed out yesterday, due next week is five tonal drawings( preferable one to two per page in your sketchbook) based on paintings by famous illustrators from the past. The purpose of this part of the assignment is to analyze and become familiar with the use of tone and value, and how illustrators can use tone and value to direct the eye of the viewer to the point of interest in the illustration.

you will notice that illustrators use high contrast areas n the area of interest and muted tonal areas in areas of less interest to the point of the image. In this way they manipulate the eyes of the reader to follow the story of the illustration.

Have fun with this and use dry media, like pencil and eraser and graphite to accomplish these.

I'll be looking at these first thing in class next week before we start drawing!