TOM - I illustrated this past weeks
Philadelphia City Paper cover. They were holding their annual fiction contest, so I was asked to illustrate the winning story. This was the second cover I did for them, and much more challenging than the
first. The concept given to me was pretty whacky, so the challenge was to fit in quite a bit of info while maintaining an interesting composition. Since it was going to be printed on newsprint, I was encouraged to use bright bold colors to avoid a muddy washed out cover.
Here is the final product. All in all, I'm happy with the way it turned out and glad to get the chance to illustrate another cover. If you're into short fiction, check out the story
here.
TOM - I started this one sometime before Christmas, but got distracted with some other things and had to put it to the side. This week though, I started coloring it a little at a time and finally finished it today. This is another attempt at incorporating type into my work. I had alot of fun with this one and really took my time on it. I've been messing around with drawing strawberries for a few months now and don't exactly know why except that they're really fun to draw, especially all bunched up. So naturally, I combined strawberries with the other subject I like to draw, cute girls, and this is what came out.
Here is the Black and White version. I really like keeping certain elements in pencil now. Later!
