Zee 'Sorted News' App Illustrations

Stage 1. Objective

My goal was to revolutionize conventional news illustration styles, infusing creativity to captivate users and provide a fresh perspective on news consumption, aligning with the app's forward-thinking concept

Stage 2. What did I have to illustrate?

I worked on illustrations for three screens:

• Access Location

• Search

• No Network

Stage 3. Research and Concept Development

Since I was aware of the topics I had to make ilustrations for, my research process got very narrowed down. I tried to stick to the theme and took inspiration from day to day life.

I maintained consistency by incorporating a newspaper element throughout the illustrations and used speech bubbles, integral to the branding, in one of the designs.

Initial Sketches

Combined brainstorming sketches for the location and search illustrations, where I aimed for relatability with recognizable icons like access location and incorporating a newspaper. For the search illustration, I deviated from typical binoculars by using a torch to highlight text on the newspaper.

Very rough sketches for ideation, including ideas like a dino game for no internet (which might not suit all age groups), newspaper scraps shaped like wifi signals, a "dead" newspaper due to no internet, and error pop-ups, etc.

Colors

The color scheme for this project, provided by the product team, included Cyan as the primary color and Yellow as the secondary color, both integral to the brand.