This project was really spur of the moment. I had an idea to break down the throwing motion of Peyton Manning, but I was having difficulty finding something to go off. I was with my girlfriend and she jokingly said to do something on Michael Penix Jr. and that gave me the idea draw a diagram of a torn because he suffered one. It was very quick, but I think the newsworthiness and the layout of this graphic makes it good.
I found the picture of Penix on Getty images and made the cutout, then found a diagram of a torn ACL on a health website. The rest was really simple, I used some of the elements of our past modules like the spotlight on his knee to show exactly what I was showing and some stats to fill space. I’m not a talented illustrator by any means, but something simple like a knee allowed me to put something together that didn’t require a lot of complex illustration techniques while still being able to give readers context to a big, relevant story. I’m really happy with how this turned out considering the late idea switch that happened and my lack of illustration skills.