Two Cents News

Extra, Extra! I made a 1590s Newspaper for Romeo & Juliet

So for our latest project, I decided to do a massive deep-dive into the aftermath of Romeo and Juliet and bring it to life. Meet “Two Cents News”—Verona’s hottest (and probably smallest) underground newspaper from the 1590s.

Check out the full layout !

The Design

I wanted this to look like an authentic, old-school broadsheet flyer you’d see pasted onto a stone wall in Italy, so I went entirely analog with black ink and paper.

• The Style: I used heavy black borders, bold hand-lettering, and some clean cross-hatching to give the illustrations of the newspaper bundles that classic, woodblock-printed vibe.
• The Collage Effect: To make the “EXTRA!” and newspaper graphics pop, I actually drew them separately, cut them out, and layered them onto the main page to give the layout some cool dimension.