In the wake of an undeclared war with oil-rich Venezuela, designer Tomato Koši created his latest cover for the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik’s Saturday supplement Objektiv. Riding a wave of critical Trump stories in the publication, Koši argued in a recent email, “all [are] grounded in the same premise: This is not about democracy, but about oil.”
He continues: “The U.S. attack on Venezuela, together with Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, served as a reminder that colonialism is not a relic of the past. Trump revived the imperial foundations of the American-European political tradition, even bypassing Congress in an autocratic manner. In this context, the role of the designer—or visual commentator—is to convey the central theme of the newspaper supplement by harnessing the key strength of visual communication: speed. Visual language can, after all, communicate a thousand times faster than the written word.”
Indeed, visual icons have considerable power—so much so that LinkedIn removed this cover that Koši posted, “for so called bullying.” Below, he illustrates his process.
First, a rough sketch
Second—a vector drawing of the final
Ink tests to ensure viscosity
The smear is chosen and a photograph selected
The final result
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