Blessed Unrest

Here is an editorial illustration I made for an article for the Earth Island Journal entitled 'Blessed Unrest'. The brief was to create a piece about this unnamed movement for change that is somehow sweeping throughout the world. I approached it with a comic book perspective: far in the horizon the earth sends out a beacon like the bat signal, a few people stand out from the crowd and see it, their faces beaming with positivity and hope. The art directors liked my approach and approved my sketch. I only had a couple of days to finalize it and I wish I had more time to actually work on a better layout and a better perspective for the buildings in the background. But in the end the whole process was awesome, from getting the assignment, to being approved, to sending the final version and finally getting the check from the mail today. It would be great to get more assignments in the future.