Red Paper Books

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. (more…)