Left: HOW TO SUCCEED IN HEAVEN WITHOUT REALLY DYING
approx. 16" x 26"
Acrylics & colored pencil on matte board.
2002.
This book cover illustration was intended to be more than a bit cartoonish, reduced to a limited color palette of mainly oranges and blues. Because the artwork was intended to be printed in a small size, I didn't worry so much about painting all the details as making the overall image simple and eye-catching. The sky was painted first, using an airbrush to give it a "heavenly" feel, and the surrounding buildings were sketched at a very low-level perspective. The character at the bottom was modelled after three people: one of my friends for the face, another for the hair, and yours truly for the eyes... |
