THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Cover Illustration | Weekend
Illustration: Maggie Enterrios
Art Direction: Anne Latini | The Los Angeles Times
Article: Jeanette Marantos | The Los Angeles Times
Final Art: Botanical illustration by Maggie Enterrios for the LA Times featuring California native plants
THE BRIEF
I was commissioned by the Los Angeles Times to create a dense, full-page cover illustration for the Weekend section.
The illustrations were designed to be a lush botanical exploration of LA-native botanicals. See the full project below, along with illustration notes and process details.
Illustration by Maggie Enterrios
Botanical illustration by Maggie Enterrios for the LA Times featuring California native plants, cover design
The story is a service piece that recommends the best nurseries for shopping for native plants for your home garden. After the unprecedented rainy season, this dramatic botanical composition is a rich celebration of how explosive the regional plant life is expected to be during spring and summer 2023 in the Los Angeles area.
excerpt below.
Excerpt from Article: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/list/best-native-plant-nurseries-los-angeles
Botanical key, illustration by Maggie Enterrios for the LA Times featuring native plants
BOTANICALS
Botanicals were meant to show a selection of native plants, highlighting a wide range of colors and shapes. Included botanicals (full key above):
California poppies
Toyon berries
Lupine
Clarkia
Prickly pear cactus
Coast live oak branch + acorns
California bluebell
Chaparral currant
Agave
California wildrose
Spotted Humboldt lily
Cardinal catchfly
Botanical Resources:
https://calscape.org/
https://lanativeplantsource.com/
ARTWORK CREATION
I illustrated all assets individually, final deliverables included full-page spread and horizontal web crop.
Files were finalized in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
Web Crop for article: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/list/best-native-plant-nurseries-los-angeles | Botanical illustration by Maggie Enterrios for the LA Times featuring California native plants
Final Spread: Botanical illustration by Maggie Enterrios for the LA Times featuring California native plants
