Where's Celia? Election Conspiracy

Editorial Illustrations

Votebeat, in partnership with The Guardian, conducted a year-long investigative journalism, multi-part story that was in need of complementary images. Lacking any defined illustrative style, they reached out for help developing a style that would increase readership while adding to their valuable storytelling.


These stories showed increased readership and were published to the front page of The Guardian and Votebeat.

Goals
  • Develop compelling visual narrative
  • Build out library of spot illustrations
  • Work within established color story
Tools
  • Procreate
  • Adobe Illustrator
Screenshot of news article with illustration of phone and notifications.
Screenshot of The Guardian article on FOIA Requests with illustration hero.
Secondary story hero illustration.
Three screenshots of illustration details.
Story illlustrations and layout.
Screenshot of The Guardian front page.
Illustration featured on the front page of The Guardian US.
Three screenshots of illustration details.
Secondary story layout and illustrations.
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In-text spot illustrations.

Vote, as if your rights depended on it.

Vote, as if your rights depended on it.

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