Thoughtcrime does not entail death, thoughtcrime IS death

Sooo, I was actually really excited about coming up with an awesome book cover, cause frankly I love 1984 by George Orwell. If you haven't read it, I would highly recommend it. On the first one I went for a combination of graffiti style type consisting of terms from the book. They culminate into the the Giant 'Obey'  written in a shocking colour reminiscent of blood. I think the Thick type for the title really helped with bringing it all together. I'm going to be creating the actual illustration using a calligraphy pen and some India ink. I'm going to use some Ochre watercolor to get a nice yellow effect on the paper for the background.

For the second comp, I went with a more typewriter/stamp effect, but still using terms from the book. Four letters are picked out to spell 'Obey', but this second attempt definitely didn't come together as well.

Feckin' Birds Again.

Heres the completed LP sized classical composer cover. I choose to do La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) by  Gioachino Rossini. Really, this isn't even finished, at least not properly. Its still got lots of little details that need fixed (The calligraphy pen, Pocket watch, feathers) And some touching up in places. Going to be including this in my final portfolio, but it needs quite a lot of work.

From what I've got here, I was kinda happy with the background, and in general the majority of the Magpie.