usask alumni magazine, green & white

shown below are two of my favourite issues i worked on as the art director and designer and an overview of the cover story artwork for each.

skills highlighted:

visual content organization/planning, creative/art direction, editorial design, visual storytelling

The theme for the fall 2019 issue (selected by the editor, John Grainger) was ‘courageous curiosity.’

My main focus was to work with the stories to make the theme come alive through photographs (whether supplied or taken specifically for this). For this particular issue, budget was a bit lower so I also worked to find quotes within the stories to further emphasize the theme.

A cover story had not been decided on so when I saw the quote by Ruth Aschim (inside front cover, see below) I felt like there was something there.

That quote in particular felt fearless and adventurous and I couldn’t ignore it. John agreed and so the story about wild pigs became the cover story and that quote became the path to guide the visual.

The theme for the spring 2018 issue (selected by the editor, Leslie-Ann Schlosser) was ‘community.’

We knew the cover story was the one about a handful of local alumni turned entrepreneurs and we wanted to create a cover dynamic that would show everyone as if they were interacting as a group of alumni and just catching up like old friends.

We worked with Studio D to bring this vision to life and the cover shot and dirty frame shot for the inside front cover gave the exact community vibe we were aiming for and perfectly complemented the story.

View more of the photos here.