Here's a super-fun one for this week's Spectator Australia cover. It illustrates a great Rowan Dean piece on Independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, picking up on the following paragraph:

Of the two unlikely heroes, Windsor is the cannier operator whilst Oakeshott is the naive dreamer. Batman and Robin, perhaps...

_{Please click for a closer view...}

---

A quick process...

Thumbnail roughs are drawn for the Editor to choose. The deadline was tight on this one, so I only offered the one concept, with different angles and tone:

The Editor liked them, but wanted to see another with a classic 60's Batman feel - a fight scene with ZOW! BAF! sound effects, so I happily obliged:

The last one was approved, so I moved on to a more polished sketch:

Then inked and coloured (digitally) to produce the finished art. Here it is in the final, published cover, below...

---

This issue is on sale on Friday in Australian newsagents or by subscription.

Thanks for stopping by! ~ Anton