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American Heat
🕑 Added 2020-03-29 23:26:51 +0000 UTCFirst of all... who else is in lockdown? I live in one of the few cities in my area enacting this policy, which means a lot of time at home for me. Ideally, I would have imagined this would be a great time for pumping out art and getting all these WIPs finished, catching up with everyone... Ideally. The reality has involved working from home on a big writing job for an academic textbook, which I'm actually kind of excited about! That, and (I think I can be blunt here) a surprise bout of depression.
There's a handful of new art pieces underway, which should make it up here over the next week, as well as a fully colored version of my "Mangoes" comic from last year. And as for today's post...
I was pretty thrilled when I got tapped to do the cover for Heat, since I've known this magazine since... about forever! If you want to check it out and read a blurb on the picture's background, it's on the SofaWolf website. The scene came from the story "American Heat", which follows a jackal and ferret on a cross-country, post-apocalyptic trip. And the color scheme here... it was a special challenge working on an almost monochromatic scene trying to get the feeling for a HOT night in the predawn hours. I went through a dozen color palettes before settling on this one -- even a touch of blue in the sky seemed to cool down the atmosphere too much.
Stay safe everyone. Even if it's quiet and peaceful, I think we'll remember these months for the rest of our lives.
Comments
Kalahari
Thanks for grabbing it! I can only hope my cover did it some justice. I've loved going through the stories.
Kalahari
Thanks, Lilly!!
Liam Tucker
I specifically went to get this issue at MFF when I saw you did the cover! Fantastic work! Stay safe! We will get through this!
Lilly
superb work! <3
Parker Trotter
Goodness! This piece has so much energy. Such a mood. The color, the look, the characters. Man this is awesome.
Skyler_darkwolf
Oh wow, really nice work on this one. I kinda wish my work was in lock down. Then I'd happily go on a road trip, camp out in the wilderness some where and work on some art like this.
