The cast of The Valley squabbling
Actual Reality Digital

This was a spread for Variety's print edition, dealing with the off-camera drama going on with the cast of Bravo's The Valley.

I don't watch reality TV (I don't really watch any TV, but especially this sort of thing) so it was, uh, educational to familiarize myself with the show and its cast. 

I like having a little extra time to work on sketches, and I had that here. The 2nd and 3rd in this grid of concepts were, in my opinion, pretty strong visually, but the connotations weren't right, so we went with something that wasn't colored with such a sinister palette. 

A 2x6 grid of concept sketches for the above illustration.

The online version of the article can be read here: ‘This Is Real Life’: How Bravo’s ‘The Valley’ Navigated Drug Addiction, a Violent Incident and a Cast Member in a Mental Health Facility

This one should be indexed at the home page, and at year P.

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