One of the issues the article touched on is the way the redistricting process can affect elections. By re-drawing the borders of districts, minority communities can be split up, thereby having no impact on elections. The process can also separate an incumbent from his original constituents, or draw two incumbents into a single district, forcing them to run against each other. This link was passed to me while working on the job, and explains a little more. I wanted to show how drawing the district borders could potentially disrupt people's votes. The client requested that the image involve a district map in some way, so I drew some of the districts in the shape of a hand dropping off a ballot, which is cut off by the newly drawn border.
When you visit the magazine's homepage (until next issue), you might notice that the cover looks a lot like my interior illo. Well, that's because I also provided the cover illustration. The reason I'm not posting it here is because it was changed, fairly significantly and without my consultation, before it was printed. The decision was largely out of the editors hands, and I've already spoken my peace about the matter with the editors, so I don't feel I need to get into it here. The editors were very understanding, and were willing to rectify the situation as best they could. The way it works at some alumni magazines is, aside from editors having final say on design and layout there are also faculty members, deans, professors, that have input. So as much as the art directors and editors may want the magazine to go in a certain direction, this bureaucracy can complicate things.
The art direction and page design was provided by the wonderful Barnett Group. Thanks again, Aileen and David! And thank you, Matthew.
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