Owl

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Speculative editorial illustration and spots for the text “The Art of Being a Morning Person (Even if You’re Actually Not One)” by Catherine Pearson, published in The New York Times on August 30th, 2023.

Read the text here.

Sketches:

For this practice in editorial illustration I used the immediacy of a black brush pen to show the owl’s annoyance with having to wake up early. (They are not a morning owl.)

Assignment for the online Master in Editorial and Advertising Illustration, LABASAD, 2024.