Client:

class project

About this project

This is an infographic about the Irish writer Oscar Wilde.It’s a project created for a design class.

The project mission is to create an infographic about a person or an entertainment. I chose Oscar Wilde as my subject not only because he’s one of my favorite writers, but also because the story around him still arouses attention today. His affairs, his plays and his dive into aestheticism all represent some romanticism philosophy.

Challenge

There are not too many visual references left about Oscar Wilde. The only photos are all of the very bad quality.

It’s hard to represent both the writer’s buoyancy characteristics and the literary richness.

Solutions

I decided to draw everything to have a better visual performance and to take advantage of the materials I had in hand. I looked for old newspaper illustrations, portrait photos and the real copy of book covers for reference, and drew them by the tablet. The sketchy style I chose corresponded with people’s impression of the 19 century, the period Wilde lived in.

The result

This infographic successfully delivered the information I wanted and it was used as a teaching sample in my professor’s later class.

Capabilities involved

Digital drawing, Manga Studio, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop