ANTON EMDIN | ILLUSTRATION, DESIGN & ART DIRECTION

View Original

Roo Race

I must admit I was a little surprised that a US political magazine would do a cover on Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd: it's not often that Australian politics is featured on the world stage.  And it gave me a chuckle when the Weekly Standard asked for the opponents racing on bounding kangaroos!  I had fun with this one. Here is the cover as published...

'Roo Race' cover art for The Weekly Standard (US).  Illustration © Anton Emdin 2013.  All rights reserved.

And a simple process: sketched digitally, drawn with brush and ink, and then scanned and coloured digitally.  Please click for a closer look.

'Roo Race' (process) cover art for The Weekly Standard (US).  Illustration © Anton Emdin 2013.  All rights reserved.

You can find details on the edition over here.  Thanks for looking!

Anton! Signature by and © Anton Emdin 2012. All rights reserved.