I'm friends with several lovely New Zealanders (none of whom I've met in person, but I still feel as though I know them!) so my choice for K in Ben Towle's Animal Alphabet was a natural.
Ball-point pen, marker & white gouache on brown paper, fiddled in Photoshop.
p.s. Ben has a great interview out on Comics Reporter
3 comments:
This is a wonderful kiwi specimen. It reminds me of antique prints. I think this is the month of kiwis!
I’m very interested in expressive typography, and this is a very stylish Kiwi. Is there a story behind your New Zealand connections, and your illustrations for Anthony Holcraft’s book to be published by Penguin New Zealand? Enjoy your upcoming animation studies.
Thanks, Ces & Susan Charlotte!
I "met" Anthony when I illustrated a story of his for Cricket Magazine years ago. We've been pen/internet pals ever since. Over the years I've done a couple of book covers for his story collections, a catalog cover for his wife Julia's music school, & most recently the picture book for Penguin, which happens to be based on that very first story! (To be published in 2012.)
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