In the pivotal moment of discovery, we find Enola in the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery records room. We made lots of paper wraps and labels to cover the hundreds of stacks of paper and boxes stacking the shelves. Enola scans the shelves and leafs through some folders before coming across the hero file.

I spent many weeks researching, contacting and visiting various British archives to get reference and an understanding of the British Military in the mediterranean in order to accurately create the file.

It was a real joy to have the time to go in depth and photograph various papers to help inform what graphics I chose to make. Predominantly, the files included handwritten accounts and reports on the military’s movements and missions, plus telegrams, regiment lists and scribbled notes.

I used a mixture of my handwriting and fonts to give variety of characters within the file, plus offsetting and overlapping writing on the document templates. As a finishing touch, I also created stamps to help give authenticity. Nick then assembled the file using all these elements and wrote some extra labels to fit the story beats as needed.