New Book

This is the cover of a book I've recently finished illustrating. Written by Lynne Garner and published by Piccadilly Press, it features a young troll, Boris, and his dog. The story encompasses love, friendship, betrayal, revenge and farting -- so most of the major themes of literature covered, I think.
I scanned in a pencil drawing and then coloured it up in Photoshop. The book is due out next year, in Spring I hope.

4 comments:

  1. Poor Dog! I hope he is cleared of all blame.

    I really like the textures you have added to the background.

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  2. agreed, great dog characterisation, and some lovely subtle colours, I'd never have guessed it was entirely coloured in Photoshop.

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  3. Very striking cover Mike.
    Did you keep the pencil drawing on a layer above the colour (in multiply mode?) or did you re-do the linework in Photoshop too?
    And did you add the type?

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  4. Hi Paul,
    I scanned a pencil drawing into Photoshop, and the line layer sat on top on the other layers, but not in multiply mode. I used that mode for adding texture to the background. Yes, I chose this type (Boop Boop) which I think has a nice modern goofy sort of quality. The designer wanted to go a different way, but we eventually compromised -- the final cover will have the title as you see it, but the names in another (boring!) typeface.
    Congratulations on Hot Frog's anniversary. Great work!

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