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Houston Astros - Pitching Signs

Full page and spot illos for Sports Illustrated on the Houston Astros and their alleged use of stealing pitching signs electronically. (Art direction by Stephen Skalocky.)

If you’re a sports luddite like me, this clip will help explain things!

Fun fact: I’d originally drawn the three foreground figures as actual Astros players, but the SI lawyers thought it best to play it safe — so on the eleventh hour before deadline I had to redraw all the faces to be more generic.

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And for the process junkies… here’s my initial scamp (drawn on a scrap of paper while watching my daughter compete in a karate tournament!) and the thumbnail sketches.