The following is one of five scratchboard illustrations that I did for the Boston Globe on their special Issue on True Crime. 

The full articles can be read here: Boston Globe

• Edited by Alex Kingsbury and Jeremy D. Goodwin 

• Art Director: Heather Hopp-Bruce 

Five stories on unsolved New England homicides, each with a 10"x10"  piece of art.

Art direction: Depicting the scene of the crime without bodies. Make something seemingly benign look sinister and dangerous, and tell the story with just the environment. 

I researched maps and photos of the places, objects found on the sites, and even the actual weather on the day the crimes occurred in order to portray an accurate picture of the scenes.

The story is about Julian Cartie, a 25-year-old National Guardsman and former high school football star who was shot on the street in downtown Springfield, MA. 

As of 2016 (when this illustration was made) it is still unknown who did it or why.

I made studies of the place where the crime happened using Google maps and other photos from the original publication of the case. I also verified the weather of the day it happened and discovered that it snowed that day. This gave me a new element to work with that I had not considered before. 

Then I created ten thumbnail sketches and choose the 5 most compelling. The art director chose one of the sketches as final.

Once the comp was approved I started the illustration on scratchboard. I transfer the drawing to the clayboard using the same technique I used with the Niko Nunez illustration. 

I will upload the actual photo of the newspaper when I find it in my studio. For now, here's a mockup. This illustration was the cover for that issue.