Illustrator’s roughs

redpaper — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:29:11 +0000

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

Mike McKeever:

Monkey King

Sonia Kretschmar:

Under the Bridge

Jamel Akib:

The Young Ghost

Adam Hunter Peck:

Country of the Blind

Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds

redpaper — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:47:57 +0000

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.

Red Paper Design » Jamel Akib

Illustrator’s roughs

Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds

Country of the Blind

The Door in the Wall

The Young Ghost