Opening spread illustration and 2 smaller ones for an article about the causes and effects of hypoxic dead-zones in the ocean, featured in the May/June issue of Pacific Standard. It's not depressing at all, I swear. 😰
Everything was drawn in pencil and then colorized and incorporated into a photo with Photoshop.
Everything was drawn in pencil and then colorized and incorporated into a photo with Photoshop.
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The one with the bubbles below is about methane gas plumes 💀😷, and the other illustrates End Permian extinction:
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CLIENT: Pacific Standard
ISSUE: May/June 2016
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Taylor Le
ISSUE: May/June 2016
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Taylor Le