Article
Article · Kat J. Weiss
Developing Concepts for a Political Editorial Illustration – My Process
By Kat J. Weiss
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
Kat J. Weiss shows her concept-generation process for a climate/mobility-themed editorial illustration, spending nearly three hours developing three thumbnail directions and explaining how researching the subject sharpens conceptual clarity and trims unnecessary detail.
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