Art Director Emily Fulani of Parents Magazine called with an assignment which was right up my alley. She wanted opening art for a feature about raising kids with a sense of community and empathy. Parents has been a great new client this year and they are using great illustrations. We decided the best approach was an idea of developing a child’s growing sense of community as the best approach.
This project took a few more sketches at the idea stage because we were looking for the right feel. Here’s some of the earlier ideas.
We almost went with this as the final but decided at the last second there was a better approach.
The final spread. It was definitely the right choice at the end.
