How do you avoid overcomplicating an editorial illustration? Ana Miminoshvili (anano__) has mastered the art. The first step for Georgian illustrator Ana Miminoshvili is research, to gather as much information as possible and narrow it down to basically one sentence. That sentence becomes her memorable images for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Spotify, GQ and Die Zeit, constructed inside of Photoshop with “a sprinkle of Illustrator”, she tells It's Nice That. “But the most important part, especially in the editorial work, is sketching. I always sketch with analog tools, I have different sketchbooks for different types of work,” she continues. “With editorials I start with just putting down the keywords, it might not seem like a big deal, but it’s super helpful to my process.” Once Ana has a list of keywords, it’s then onto drawing, outlining in black fine liners and reworking them in Photoshop. Illustrating book reviews are her favourite – she can take an entire literary world...