Santa Fe Reporter ‘Sweat’ cover
Santa Fe Reporter cover
Did this recently for Santa Fe Reporter, for their 2009 ‘Sweat’ issue. The art director wanted a kickboxing girl (since that is a feature article), and it so happened that I already had a girl in a kickboxing pose from an old illustration. I showed it to her and she was happy with reusing it, with some new elements in the background.
santa fe reporter, cover sketch
So this was the sketch for the cover. I was asked to do something dynamic, with Chinese dragons, so I came up with the dragon and various lines and elements behind the girl to make her look cooler. I asked for the masthead so that I could work the design around the main elements on the page.
This was the final art, without the masthead.
Tags: Illustration, Illustrator, kickboxing, photoshop, santa fe reporter
September 28th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Nice! Love the composition and flow.
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