Illustration for the MAGAZINE

MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION

Project Brief:

The theme of this magazine is politics. TEMPO is one of the pioneer of the magazines in Indonesia. The article that I’m going to illustrate is Jero Wacik grilled by KPK. This is one of the amazing news that people talk about nowadays. The art style will be used is a mixture of vector and hand drawn illustration. I chose this style because I refer to the original magazine illustrated by Moerat Sitompul. He uses hand drawn illustration ( with tablet ) and vector art. There are some samples that I include in this report. 

History of TEMPO Magazine

For the 23 years prior to its banning on June 21, 1994, Tempo magazine was Indonesia's most important news weekly, and its chief editor, Goenawan Mohamad, one of Indonesia's leading poets and intellectuals. Yet despite its influence, the history of Tempo magazine is not widely known. All aspects of Tempo's history, including its roots in the literary and cultural milieu of the 1960s, its economic organization and management, its internal culture and system of deciding what's news, and its strategies for survival within a repressive press system, provide a window into the political and cultural history of Indonesia's New Order. Tempo occupied an ambiguous position in Indonesia's New Order, and Wars Within: The Story of Tempo, an Independent Magazine in Soeharto's Indonesia explores these contradictions and paradoxes. Clearly a product of the New Order, Tempo nevertheless presented independent points of view, often at considerable risk. Soeharto's government was never monolithic, and the story of how Tempo managed to survive 23 years of autocratic rule sheds light on the culture and politics of modern Indonesia. It also sheds light on broader questions concerning the role of the press in developing countries - and on the kinds of negotiation that must go on for an essentially democratic institution to exist in an authoritarian space. Written in a narrative style, Wars Within utilizes a variety of methods and sources, including participant observation, a content analysis of Tempo's National section, close reading of Tempo's coverage of key episodes including the 1984 incident at Tanjung Priok, previously unpublished archival materials, and over one hundred interviews with the magazine'sfounders, writers, and contributors. Wars Within is an ideal supplemental text in courses on Southeast Asian history, politics, and culture, as well as in courses on international communication and media studies. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janet Steele is an Associate Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. She received her Ph.D. in History from the Johns Hopkins University, and is especially interested in how culture is communicated through the mass media. She is a frequent visitor to Indonesia, where she lectures on topics ranging from narrative news writing to the theory and practice of journalism. A former Fulbright professor in the American Studies program at the University of Indonesia (1997-8), she has been awarded a second Fulbright teaching and research grant to Indonesia for 2005-2006.

ILLUSTRATOR REFERENCE

MOERAT SITOMPUL, TEMPO  MAGAZINE ILLLUSTRATOR

Multitalented Graphic Designer and Illustrator with extensive experience in news publishing. Good collaborative and interpersonal skills; a team player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities. Passionate and inventive designer of informational graphics; deliver mixed and sophisticated informations to readers. Well experienced with Adobe Photoshop applications; photo retouching and creating digital illustrations. Good proficiency with Adobe InDesign and InCopy; building a simultaneous work process between editors and designers.

Currently work at PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk. as Creative Director for digital publications.

Two years experience as Manager of Design Departement in BHD Co. Ltd in Vietnam, which specialized in movie and television production.

One year experience in graphic design for U Magazine, a fashion magazine of PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk.

Eight years of experience in graphic design for Majalah Berita Mingguan Tempo, a well known news magazine in Indonesia. Tempo is published by PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk.

Graduated from Institut Teknologi Bandung majoring in Graphic Design in 2000 after four years of study.

RESULT:

These are the results that I made from a particular article.