Here's some of the process from creating the cover, from sketch, to pencils to paint. You might notice some of the books on our initial list featured in the sketch and final that were cut from the final list of stories to be included in the finished book. The finished cover is all hand-painted with gouache, about 15" x 22".
Initial workup for the cover, featuring some of the books that didn't make into the final cut.
Initial pencils for the cover illustration.
And here's the full front and back, with part I of Huck Finn on the back cover, designed by Adam Grano.
The opening a pages of "Watership Down" featuring a hand painted title design.
The first of three spreads featuring Richard Adams' "Watership Down". Prints of the complete map available at Gallery1988.
This map was completed as a single spread and features the complete story. Prints available at Gallery1988
This map shows all the real and imagined modes of travel Phileas Fogg takes on his race around the globe.
This map was spread over two spreads. The first map features the narrator’s experience in the South, and the this the second map comprises the major portion of the story in and around New York City.
