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Mark

picture books
& publishing

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the real world

w.w. norton & company

cover art for the 8th edition of the real world.


art direction: debra morton-hoyt




process:

sketch 1 / ugly phase 2 / ugly phase 3 / ugly phase, avert your eyes 4 / still ugly phase, but progressing 5 / some color decisions getting made 6 / getting somewhere 7 / working on details 8 / details continued 9 / details... 10 / ...continued... 11 / heavy lifting is done. time to start tweaking! 12 / didn't realize how dark this had been 13 / brighter still 14 / more tweaks ∞ final / with a color variation from another version. surprise!

Mark