It is time for our very first tutorial. This week we've been providing spotlights of our own projects along with some of the work of our favorite illustrators. And as promised this week ends with a tutorial on how to create your very own illustration. 1) Pick a topic The process of creating an editorial illustration is unexpectedly very research oriented. For the purpose of this tutorial you'd be asked to pick a topic first. Normally you'd be approached by a client with

The revolution that came about from the printing press was a a beginning of the democratization of information and the effectiveness by which knowledge is spread and shared by people. However, Even though the printing press existed, there weren't a lot of books around. There was actually a time in which an individual could have read all the books there are! It is funny to think about it given the state we're in now with millions of books around; nonetheless, for a time that w

When we started out Yak six months ago, we relied extensively on the value of spontaneity. This has greatly benefited us in various ways; we still wholeheartedly think that experimenting in a spontaneous manner has taught us a lot. It is very much synonymous to how children learn, if warned about a hot cup, they'd probably shrug the warning off and extend their arms to grab it, but once their hands hit its ceramic exterior, no more cup touching for a while. Similarly we we