“Our Scrumptious Lake, Phyto-Tastic” was a two year project that took several revisions and rewritings to perfect. The above shows the cover of the book, along with a page showing how “Plankton” became big enough to see. The bottom 2 pages illustrate the Abenaki appreciation of the lake and its gifts on the right with a detailed world view of the importance of water for all species.
The above logos were designed for a pediatric clinic in New Jersey. The first design was made 20 years ago. The pediatric doctor who asked me to put this together wanted his daughter in it, too. Flash forward to more recent, and the clinic has merged with another. The doctor asked his new partners if an artist in Vermont could make a new logo for their business. They said yes, and all agreed to the above design. Though the daughter of the doctor is much older, she is again present as her young self in the logo:)
Okay, so the above visuals are not cartoons, BUT…it is the cover of my new novel that I designed myself. I wanted to show the progress of the ideas that went into a book cover design. The story is about wolves (wolf-shifters) and takes place in Vermont, thus the images chosen:) An interesting fact of the wolf face is that those are my eyes, photoshopped, in the image.
If you, or an adventurous teen in your life, is interested-Check out the book on Amazon or Booklocker.com. Visit my new website: marchughesbooks.com.
The work above is art used or never used from the past. I thought it helpful to sometimes show the variety and diversity of old work.