Thursday 23 August 2012

Age of Anxiety

Issue 43 of IP1 provided me with another challenging article to illustrate, again by the same writer of Josh Russell.  Our styles seem to marry up so we have collaborated on pieces over the last year or so now.  This piece raises awareness on what it is like to suffer from anxiety, but visually, didn't sum up much imagery for me.  I drew out several phrases to work from.. hiding away, inside a box, back in sunlight.  These three instantly made me think of a tortoise who hides in his shell, scared of his own shadow, and finally comes into colour when he pops his head out...
Here is the final result of my little anxious tortoise...









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