Nautilus issue 28: The Year 2050

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Website Cover, Table of contents for Nautilus.

 

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The year 2050 for Nautilus.

 

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Printed Edition, Nautilus.

Nautilus is a favorite client for many illustrators because of their fascinating long form stories and the excellent art direction from Len Small. Whenever Len calls, you know you will be pushed a little beyond your comfort level but the journey will be worth it. He had an assignment which he said was right in my zone: He wanted a curtain and table of contents image for the subject of 2050. Len said the art should not have the usual gadgets or robots depicting the future. He wanted a metaphor which suggested the present but also a world which is both familiar but different.

Len knows me well. This it the kind of conceptual challenge I love. We decided the perfect approach was two forests suggesting different worlds. In a stroke of luck, I was staying in a sleek modern apartment with a beautiful mountain forest during the project. It was the perfect environment for creating the piece.

Much thanks to Len and Nautilus for the inspiring project.

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