Although I like seeing finished artwork when it comes in, I get more excited earlier in the process, on receipt of roughs. I think it is because though the final artwork is usually very accomplished it is in the roughs that the draftsmanship can be seen.
So here are a few recent examples:
Nick Hardcastle:
 Bleak House |
 Bleak House |
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Stories of Other Worlds cover artwork: Adam Hunter Peck
Part of the Penguin Active Readers series for 2010, published by Pearson Education. Three short stories by H.G. Wells: The Country of the Blind, The Door in the Wall, The Young Ghost, illustrated respectively by Adam Hunter Peck, Mike Lacey, and Jamel Akib. Continue reading Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds