Teen page: Magazine illustration

Here is the preliminary sketch that I drew for my illustration.

I brought my sketch into Adobe Illustrator Cs3. I put the sketch on it's own layer as a template. And started my final illustration on a top layer.

Here is where I am at so far with the illustration.

Again, the story is about how the media perpetuates an ideal look for society. And that how being thin is the way to go. This puts pressure on many, especially young girls. This constant pressure to look a certain way can lead to eating disorders, low self-esteem and a warped perception of what perfection really is (and how it doesn't exist.)

As a graphic artist, I have the behind the scenes look at what the media does to conjure up a perfect looking specimen, whether its making that juicy hamburger looked grilled to perfection or airbursh models, yeah, there is a ton of airbrushing done to these models you see in magazines. I don't do too much touch-ups here at the paper, because the newspaper doesn't alter photos, but I have done photo altering at my previous jobs, so I know alot about what goes on from removing zits, and cellulite to even making a model look skinnier than she already is... So don't believe the perfection because it doesn't really exist.