I was recently asked to come up with an illustration for the front of the Friend Magazine. It was a lot of fun to work on and I actually had a couple of cracks at it. They gave me the loose theme of Child Superhero and asked that I brainstorm some ideas. I had about 6 ideas that I quickly sketched out and submitted them for their approval.
They ended up choosing the last idea, the Super Clean one, and I was pumped because I liked that one the best. And here was my final image.
Then, as things do, changes were made and it effected my cover. I got a call saying that they needed me to make another illustration for the cover and they now waned the Sky Writing idea. I fought back a little bit until they said they'd pay me again. When did you need that illustration, then? So I rushed through my second illustration which now, I like better than the first one. I'm happy with how it turned out. In the end I was actually very grateful to have another swing at the cover. I don't think the Super Clean idea read very well. It looked like Quintuplets helping their mom do some chores and the idea wasn't clear enough.
And for a bonus I added myself tagging my children's names on the side of the building in the Sky Writing idea for a touch of nepotism. You can see it here.
Comments