Book Review illustration

Here's an illustration that'll be in this weekend's Washington Post BookWorld section. Book reviews, I think, are the most fun editorial jobs because you get to delve into a narrative and not worry about conveying every idea in the article.

I am attempting to pull back a bit and bring my work back to a "clearer" line. The thing with that technique is that it requires extremely careful colour-picking, which can be a bit laborious. Then, um, the art director (the lovely Beth Broadwater) informed me it was actually supposed to be black and white. Whoops. Read your emails carefully, kids.