Snail's Pace Illustration Step...by...Step
Back to the world of editorial illustration. Last Sunday saw the publication of this meisterwerk in the Sunday Tribune. It was commissioned to accompany a profile article on John McElligott, MD of eBay Ireland. McElligott made the point that rollout of broadband in Ireland is proceeding very slowly indeed and is an impediment to online business, nay; an embarrassment . And so say all of us.
After presenting a few ideas, all along the same lines, the 'Traveller's Caravan' idea was selected, I think because it conveyed the idea of commerce more succinctly [and isn't eBay the territory of second-hand goods' sales and virtual tinkerers?] Additionally, it gives a sense of old Ireland and its unhurried ways.
Once I got the go-ahead, I sketched the composition out on the stretched board, as usual and layed down a wash of sap green.
Part of the idea was for certain elements to break the bounds of the background. I also felt that the character should have an air of someone con…
After presenting a few ideas, all along the same lines, the 'Traveller's Caravan' idea was selected, I think because it conveyed the idea of commerce more succinctly [and isn't eBay the territory of second-hand goods' sales and virtual tinkerers?] Additionally, it gives a sense of old Ireland and its unhurried ways.
Once I got the go-ahead, I sketched the composition out on the stretched board, as usual and layed down a wash of sap green.
Part of the idea was for certain elements to break the bounds of the background. I also felt that the character should have an air of someone con…