Adobe Illustrator
I used Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Indesign to create this two-page spread. The first spread depicts the comedian performing on a stage that also appears to be a doorway with the door coming off the hinges. This and Pryor’s black and white suit symbolize his work to break down color barriers through his performances. The cord of the microphone creates the image of a step that Pryor built for comedians coming up behind him. There is also a play on words in the main title. With the second page spread, I carried over the layout from the first page with the color bars, and I used the brown block to insert a quote from the article. I also included a marker render of Pryor on the far right to balance the spread, then repeated the same illustration of the door coming off the hinges, this :me to look like a gravestone.