The headline, "What We Leave Behind: Notes on Objects, Memories, and People We Once Knew," carries a nostalgic and poetic tone. After brainstorming, I chose to illustrate a couple contemplating a panel with a grid of various objects, memories, and people—some of them fading away. These could represent their shared experiences, cherished belongings, or figures from their past.

 Exercise 1: Is it conceptual?

 

Exercise 2: Symbolic Nouns 

Exercise 3: Drawing idioms

 

 

 First I drew the literal meaning of the idiom, then I played around with the implied meaning, changed people for animals and ended with two different animals working together instead of arguing.

Exercise 4: Tropes Bingo!

Final Project

1) Brainstorm - Headline Analysis and Visual Exploration

3) Selected Sketch for Refinement

4) Final Concept