I was asked by the student newspaper editor to provide an illustration to accompany a scathing article against poor journalism. In this instance, instead of being given a brief description of what the article was about, I was given the completed article to read. I decided to go with a term that's often used in online journalism, "clickbait", and develop that term as an illustration. Process: the line art was done traditionally with ink. The line art was then scanned in and inked on Photoshop. I then imported in a watercolour texture to give the illustration a more natural feel.

An illustration I did for a Big Debate piece on the pros and cons of private and state schools. I decided to try to imitate the style of a child's drawing. Sketched and coloured in Photoshop.

The illustration for an article on student morality. I decided to go with a "moral compass" theme and add a few jokes into it. The illustration was first traditionally inked then coloured in Photoshop.

An illustration (and cutting) to accompany a technology section article on games consoles. Line art was done traditionally in ink and then the picture was scanned in. Coloured in Photoshop.

This was done for an article on a new policy to give free vitamins for under-5s. It was drawn in ink first, then the vitamins were digitally coloured.

An illustration (and cutting) for an article about the internet. I tried to mimic the original Internet Explorer icon with the yellow band. Sketched, then coloured digitally.

This illustration was for a scientific piece on female komodo dragons reproducing self-sufficiently without the need for a male mate. The line art was done in ink, was scanned in, then digitally coloured. The watermark at the bottom is for an old Tumblr address (now bellacockrell.tumblr.com!) and I couldn't find the orginial Photoshop file.