EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
You Can Bank on Books
Client
Cincinnati Magazine
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 ISSUE
Cincinnati Magazine is the definitive guide to living well in Greater Cincinnati. As the city’s most respected and award-winning magazine, they connect with more than 160,000 readers every month, introducing them to the region’s most interesting people, cultural issues, food, arts, fashion, and history via a print subscription, digital content, and events.
Story
The article focuses on several literary stories happening in the city in November 2023. In particular, Books by the Banks is a book festival that features authors and illustrators through signings, panel discussions, and activities.
Brief
Illustrate a view of Cincinnati from the river with oversized literary elements (books, bookmarks, pens, etc) throughout the scene. I wanted to make the illustration more identifiable to the city so I added familiar buildings such as the Great American Tower, Museum Center, the art museum, the flying pig as a big symbol in Cincinnati as they have statues of it all over the city.
Art direction by Emi Villavicencio
SKETCH STUDY
