Penguin Books Cover Contest - Finalist!
Penguin Books chose finalists (from 300+ entries) to have a shot at illustrating Sam Taylor’s upcoming novel, Island at the End of The World. I was one of 25 finalists chosen, and just happened to be in NYC the night of the event. Here are a couple of random photos from the event, as well as my cover design.
free drinks… score!
Penguin contest finalists’ covers hang in the gallery
Alexis Washam and Isaac Schmidt of Penguin
Here’s my design for the cover which I created by modifying an original gouache, pencil work done on antique notebook paper. The image is featured in Creativity Magazine (September 2008) as well.
Oh yeah, I didn’t win, but the one below did…
Congrats to UK artist, Matt Taylor
miha accompanied me to the event. We had just flown in from Berlin about 4 hours earlier. Snerko was making personalized tshirts and we got some… score!
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