Hello! I'm Melanie, a freelance illustrator living in Denver with my dog, Violet, who often has things named after her without realizing it.
-------
Read how The Illustration Deadline works here.
--------
find me around the web:
portfolio
flickr
pinterest
-------- questions/comments:
contact me
-------- browse by category:
deadline details
finished work
process
friday finds
inspiration
other work
arrested development
browse by type of illo:
portrait
editorial
book cover
surface design
--------
portfolio
flickr
-------- questions/comments:
contact me
-------- browse by category:
deadline details
finished work
process
friday finds
inspiration
other work
arrested development
browse by type of illo:
portrait
editorial
book cover
surface design
--------
Post
deadline #10 - The Amber Spyglass book cover - finished!
My main dislike with this finished piece is that it’s so similar to one of the published covers for the book, seen here. Other than that, though, I’m pretty happy with this overall. I wanted to show a pretty pivotal scene from the book, but one that also wouldn’t be really obvious and wouldn’t spoil anything down the line. Hopefully if you’ve read the book, you’ll remember the scene: Mary Malone is up in a tree, looking into the night sky through the amber spyglass she mad, and makes an important discovery.
Also, I’m so excited to have finished 10 illustrations in just over a month! I’ll be putting together a high/low sort of post in the next few days, so stay tuned for that.
