C. B. Robertson contacted me to create a custom cover art for his upcoming book.
Some process insight ahead:
Composition got developed in a thumbnail size first, so we could decide on further direction and changes. Commencing the work in the full dimensions - the skull got inked - to provide a solid anchor point for the rest of the illustration. Further in the process I moved to the negative space oar and the spear. Wings got rendered in the end, since they've been pretty demanding in terms of detailwork.
Once the piece got scanned - I combined it with some separately prepared lettering.
