ART 220 · Session 02 of 28 · Part I · Editorial

ART 220 02: Reading an Editorial Brief

Thursday, August 27

Where editorial illustration runs now: article pages, newsletters, apps, social cards. Developing a concept from a piece of writing, and making an image that reads at every size it will run. Thumbnailing on paper, in class. Also covered: using AI for research and concepting, and how to cite it.

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The reading

  1. The brief
  2. Ways of Seeing chapter 1
  3. Ways of Seeing episode 1, watch from 26:05 to the end

ART 220 02: Reading an Editorial Brief

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · Lecture

Where editorial illustration runs now: article pages, newsletters, apps, social cards. Developing a concept from a piece of writing, and making an image that reads at every size it will run. Thumbnailing on paper, in class. Also covered: using AI for research and concepting, and how to cite it.

Read before this class

- Berger, Ways of Seeing. chapter 1. - Berger, Ways of Seeing. episode 1, watch from 26:05 to the end.

Handed out

- Concepts and thumbnails, due Thursday, September 3, 2026.

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Class 02 of 28, ART 220, Digital Illustration, Charleston Southern University, Fall 2026.

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