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

Mike McK­eever:

Mon­key King

Mon­key King

Sonia Kretschmar:

Under the Bridge

Under the Bridge

Jamel Akib:

The Young Ghost

Adam Hunter Peck:

Coun­try of the Blind