New Statesman editorial: SSGB

As part of my editorial project I decided to incorporate the New Statesman brief. The editorials are not necessarily themes that I would have picked up on by myself, but the opportunity to get this work in front of an art director makes the challenge more than worth it. 

As mentioned before, I'm not overly fond of making (particularly editorial) illustration that relies heavily on symbols without any grounding in a *reality* or environment. I also wasn't sure how to address imagery of nazis and WW2, and altogether, keep it "simple" as briefed.

 

I liked the coloured version of the union jack, as it made the image stand out more. However, the point of the piece/ story that I was trying to create is that the UK was something of the past- a shadow as it were.

I didn't find out much about the book or its plot, but it seemed that it was full of mystery... the shadows I drew were intended to be ominous to fit this, but I wonder if it is too cliche either.

I had considered going for another media type, but now as all my other editorials are in the same media, I feel like they can create a nice set together as pencils+digital. I am not sure if this is positive, or limiting.