Very happy to have been invited to play and create a vector illustration
for the front cover of the "Ideas" section in The Boston Globe Newspaper.
The feature article titled "The Epic Pixel Panic" focuses on how statistics have recently dispelled the urban myth regarding the any relationship between video games contributing to the violence in our schools.
The art director and editor had asked me to go wild, have fun but also try to leverage as much of a Grand Theft Auto look as possible along with allowing the villains to exchange their guns for books.
Below are the three initial vector sketches I submitted for creative review. Along with the Final artwork.
Author: Kelly J O'Brien
Art Director: Heather Hopp-Bruce
Editor: Kathleen Kingsbury
Art Rep: Illozoo
Created with
Imac + Adobe Illustrator + Wacom Intuos Pro
Cheers and enjoy~
for the front cover of the "Ideas" section in The Boston Globe Newspaper.
The feature article titled "The Epic Pixel Panic" focuses on how statistics have recently dispelled the urban myth regarding the any relationship between video games contributing to the violence in our schools.
The art director and editor had asked me to go wild, have fun but also try to leverage as much of a Grand Theft Auto look as possible along with allowing the villains to exchange their guns for books.
Below are the three initial vector sketches I submitted for creative review. Along with the Final artwork.
Author: Kelly J O'Brien
Art Director: Heather Hopp-Bruce
Editor: Kathleen Kingsbury
Art Rep: Illozoo
Created with
Imac + Adobe Illustrator + Wacom Intuos Pro
Cheers and enjoy~
**** First Round Creative Review / Vector Sketches ****
Above: Concept 1a: Gaming culture meets stead fast old Americana-
A visual parody that leverages visual aesthetics from the “Rockwellian” Saturday Evening Post and
combines it with the contemporary GTA game style.
A visual parody that leverages visual aesthetics from the “Rockwellian” Saturday Evening Post and
combines it with the contemporary GTA game style.
Concept 1b: An over the top, pop illustration, with a bit of humor where the stereo typical villains have
traded in their weapons for books. And a centralized triumphant student giving us the “thumbs up” with an explosively big smile.
traded in their weapons for books. And a centralized triumphant student giving us the “thumbs up” with an explosively big smile.
Concept 1C: A stylized illustration combining the GTA genre
and American education, captured within an iconic gaming controller shape.
and American education, captured within an iconic gaming controller shape.
And the cover art went to concept 1b.
