Thursday, 18 March 2010

Bathroom Lion Cover, woohoo!





I'm really happy to finally be able to post something further on the bathroom lion book. No doubt a few tweaks to come here and there but this is the cover. Just 2 more illustrations for the inside of the book and I'm done! I've also posted an in progress lion doodle and my exploration of lion's paw bath legs... Although the showering lion was always going to be in silhouette I felt the need to know who I was dealing with behind the curtain. I think I read somewhere that Arthur Rackham always used to draw the rough details on his silhouette illustrations before inking in... I'd say it's essential in order to get a silhouette that really looks like it's owner. The multicoloured version of the hand lettered title is just a bit of whimsy to see what it would look like using the palette of the cover. More soon!
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22 comments:

  1. Brad18 March 2010 at 19:52

    this looks fantastic! that cover has got me excited to see some more!

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  2. ArtSparker18 March 2010 at 20:41

    Beautiful wraparound/spread. How exciting!

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  3. Chris Kennett18 March 2010 at 20:58

    Yeah LOVE IT! Right down to those little beads of water dripping off his whiskers.

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  4. krisztina maros19 March 2010 at 09:36

    this cover is just brilliant!!

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  5. Sue Rundle-Hughes19 March 2010 at 10:59

    I love your illustrations. The cover design is beautiful :)

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  6. Phil Toodle19 March 2010 at 11:17

    Beautiful work Matt, I can't wait to see it all in print.

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  7. Abz19 March 2010 at 13:22

    What they all said.... ;)

    me likey!

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  8. Eugen Caitaz19 March 2010 at 16:51

    Great and so funny Cover for boook!

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  9. Unknown19 March 2010 at 17:51

    Love the cover design!!!

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  10. Lynne the Pencil19 March 2010 at 20:22

    The cover looks smashing - well done you! Your coloured lettering looks great too - ah well.

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  11. A Quiet Life19 March 2010 at 23:51

    oh wow, good job! it looks great. :) i just may have to buy this book

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  12. Kev Levell20 March 2010 at 09:04

    Love the Lion, shame we don't see more of him.
    You've done yourself proud fella... put me down for a copy!

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  13. Asja20 March 2010 at 18:08

    Great cover! I love it!

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  14. cassia21 March 2010 at 18:00

    amazing stuff. really unique and utterly brilliant. can't wait to see the finished book.

    where abouts in Surrey are you, and are you by any chance, a member of the Surrey illustrators?

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  15. Carmen Saldaña22 March 2010 at 09:44

    Congratulations for this work Matt! It´s a terrific cover I love it!
    I want this book, can I buy it in Internet? Amazon or something like this?
    :-)

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  16. Miriam Halahmy22 March 2010 at 11:58

    This looks wonderful. Well done and look forward to seeing the book.

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  17. Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli22 March 2010 at 16:45

    It looks fantastic!!!! Congrats Matt :)

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  18. cassia24 March 2010 at 10:01

    Matt, your stuff is AMAZING! If you're not pro, you should be!

    I think there's a Surrey Illustrator's meeting next week Wednesday, in Guildford. I've not managed to make it yet, but I'm definitely going this time, and I'm sure you'd be very welcome, if you're about? As far as I know, it's mainly kids book illustrators. Would be great to see you. Lemme know if you're interested and I'll email you the details, as soon as I get em!

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  19. anna wadham26 March 2010 at 19:46

    great work and blog! love the cover :)

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  20. Abigail28 March 2010 at 00:57

    Awesome! I'm a big fan of that typography, it works really well.

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  21. xlpharmacy22 November 2011 at 20:37

    wow thank you so much for sharing this, I love your illustrations. The cover design is beautiful..

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  22. ครีมหน้าใส29 September 2013 at 15:01

    I like your website. Thank you for great information. I will come back to your website again.

    best regards

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