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SATIRE VS CURRENT 
AFFAIRS.




... IDEATION
... ILLUSTRATION
... CHARACTER DESIGN

I began to explore a love for humorous design whilst in my second year of university. One of my key projects that tapped into this was when I took to investigating how the public interact with the current affairs.

At the time of the project the news was saturated with frustration and annoyance at what was going on in the world, so I wanted to translate the stories into something that could be laughed at versus feeling anger. 

This caused me to develop a cartoon series which satirised news stories into funny cartoons which had humour that expressed a tone of comedy which felt very ‘British’. This included creating a new and quirky illustration style for depicting the subjects of each story, as well as narratives and communication which was recognisable, but had some accurate exaggeration incorporated.


 


character stylisation


I knew I’d need a character design which played into the satirical tone, but would still be able to be recognisable for the news communication to be effective. I ended up choosing the style on the bottom left, using my sister as a reference person whilst designing. 




cartoon Designs


The current affairs at the time of the project were very frustrating through news of protesting, politics and Covid-19.  So I chose to depict these in a way which could eleviate stress and anxiety revolving around the topics, and allow people to laugh.





Finals




 

newspaper covers


These cartoon design examples were created to be eye-catching newspaper cover images, over current existing covers which often encourage a pessimistic view of what’s going on in the world currently.