'Riding out the Hurricane'—Book Illustration & Design
The 2011 Silver Nautilus Award Winning novel about the disastrous New Orleans floods. I enjoyed designing this cover and creating the illustrations.
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The final Design, using appropriate colours very familiar to the people of New Orleans. Purple, green and warm yellow.
The Illustration for the front cover of the book (Gouche and polychromo pencils on watercolour paper).
The eureka moment was at 2am, as I read the book. I suddenly wondered what shape a corrugated cardboard box would make if opened out. This item was the first piece of comfort the protagonists experienced in days following the initial storm and flood. As it happened - it didn't make a cross but with a little judicial tearing I was able to achieve an impression of it - subtly. Maeve's an Irish nun and she says the book has a strong spiritual element. I managed to hint at this but without putting too much weight on it.
The eureka moment was at 2am, as I read the book. I suddenly wondered what shape a corrugated cardboard box would make if opened out. This item was the first piece of comfort the protagonists experienced in days following the initial storm and flood. As it happened - it didn't make a cross but with a little judicial tearing I was able to achieve an impression of it - subtly. Maeve's an Irish nun and she says the book has a strong spiritual element. I managed to hint at this but without putting too much weight on it.
Back cover illustration.
