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Back on the Front by ~homarusrex:iconhomarusrex:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Illustrations > Storybook

©2009 ~homarusrex
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"Back Cover"...hur hur.

Please pardon my punnery.

This is my latest entry for Jon Foster's Cover-to-Cover class. This week's assignment was to give him a cover for Moby Dick. He liked the Queequeg tat idea best, and while I was not so jazzed at the beginning, I'm actually really pleased with how it came out. (for those not in the know, one of the main characters of Moby Dick is Queequeg...a cannibal harpooner with tattoos all over his body)
I know most people watching me are probably hoping for something a little less dry and more fantastical. I'm sorry this isn't it :(
I am doing comic work and other less academic work, but unfortunately it's nothing I can post at the moment. Hopefully there's an audience out there for Book Covers :)
Enjoy!

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~MissusHow Mar 18, 2009, 8:44:08 PM
You've got some beautiful colour planes on here-- those golden yellows make me happy!

The tattoo design is simple yet satisfying wee!
Quite a modern take on an old book! <3

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~KKgirls Mar 18, 2009, 8:48:42 PM
Wow, that is a tat to be proud of! I like it, how you mix the character with the title, it's lovely!

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Look at what happens when we actually get the ARTIST in on this.
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~napu Mar 18, 2009, 8:52:11 PM
Kinda of reminds me of a New Zeland Maori tattoo.

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napu
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~duhi Mar 18, 2009, 8:52:30 PM
Awesome!!! :clap:
Very nice .. all my fav colours are in there... and simple designs are always more powerful...
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=emla Mar 18, 2009, 8:56:51 PM
Very cool, I love the design!
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~blacksheep303 Mar 18, 2009, 8:59:07 PM
this is really great...it really gives an atmosphere of old maritime...i have to say i moby dick is the number one book i have always wanted to read but never get around to reading it :(. you might have just given me an incentive...cheers!

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nice guys may finish last but they also finish with their balls intact
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~Rivael Mar 18, 2009, 9:12:10 PM
Enjoying immensely:) +fav:)

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I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every second of it.
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`alexds1 Mar 18, 2009, 9:18:37 PM
Beautiful job, this makes me want to fall asleep partway through chapter 3 a lot less :)
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*ggns Mar 18, 2009, 9:35:16 PM
Cool concept! I think it works well. ^^
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=shoomlah Mar 18, 2009, 10:30:13 PM
This turned out really well- sincerely, I think you need to give yourself some credit. When you do some more designed work ("dry" isn't quite the right word), it actually injects a lot of power into the piece- gives you a chance to focus more on composition and design that more traditional Nickish forms of illustration.

-C

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Driven hither by objective influences, thither by subjective emotions.
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