Editorial illustrations on allergy diagnosis in children.
The theme of parents protecting their children ran strongly throughout the text, so the lead image depicts a parent providing shelter to their child, using a eating implements, a fork and spoon, to fend off allergy-inducing food stuffs.
The set of three editorial illustrations was for the 'Critical Thinking' article titled 'The Allergy Epidemic' in Prospect Magazine.
The article dives into issues surrounding children being increasingly diagnosed with life-threatening allergies.
Client: Prospect magazine
Several real-life stories are covered in the article, including one about a child faced with the momentous task of eating a tiny cupcake in order to see if he's allergic to the ingredients. I tacked this in the second illustration, showing a child facing up to an over-sized cupcake.
The final illustration is a dynamic action composition of a character undergoing various solutions to moderate allergies, including vaccination, stick-on patches, toothpaste and caplets.
