During my co-op as an Art Director at The Smart Set, I created numerous images for weekly articles published on the website. Wanting to improve my digital illustration abilities, I experimented with different digital brushes to bring pieces of the articles to life. Below are some samples of digital artworks I curated.
From an article titled "On Automatic", I took inspiration for this piece from the articles' idea of future technology and how the world will adapt to growing corporations that control our lives and information vs. a future where technology and nature work together for a better world. https://www.thesmartset.com/on-automatic/ - Drawn on Adobe Photoshop
"Plain Sense in Buffalo" is an article about time going by and getting lost in memories. For the illustrations I wanted to convey memories being triggered in ordinary places and what an imagination can do with ordinary objects to remind you of your past. https://www.thesmartset.com/plain-sense-in-buffalo/ - Drawn on Adobe Photoshop
"In Srinagar" tells of an account of a visit to Srinagar and its intertwined political tensions with India and Pakistan lying on both borders. With the illustrations, I wanted to take visually alluring pieces from the story to contrast some of the more serious aspects of the experience. https://www.thesmartset.com/in-srinagar/ - Drawn on Adobe Photoshop
For this article, I wanted to highlight some aspects of the article, "Getting the Picture" that touched on the way people travel but only look through their phones nowadays, and don't really experience the places they visit. I created some images based off of the usage of phones and social media, as well as capturing beautiful landscapes mentioned in the story. https://www.thesmartset.com/getting-the-picture/ - Drawn on Adobe Photoshop
A story about the author's journey through a silent mediation retreat, "Meditate on" captures moments of peace discovered along the way. While Illustrating, I wanted to create peaceful imagery showcasing different elements of the article, while still making them similar to one another. https://www.thesmartset.com/meditate-on/ - Drawn on Adobe Photoshop