Well my Zeitgeist column has managed to survive one month so far. Not only that but it's managed to spill into Harrisburg's sister publication, Lehigh Valley Magazine. Since Lehigh is bi-monthly I get to cover two months worth of goodies instead of one, but still in only a page of space. So instead of reinventing the wheel I decided to post two months worth of movie releases with an illustration. For Lehigh and February I worked up a Darth Maul illustration since Star Wars Ep. 1 is being rereleased in 3D. For Harrisburg I worked up the Beast from Beauty and the Beast which is also being rereleased in 3D for January. On top of that I also was asked to illustrate the cover of Harrisburg for the second year in a row. Instead of a superhero this time I had to focus on the shrinking middle class and how the American dream is less of a reality these days. That's a lot to put into one cover image, but after some rough ideas my boss and I came up with this image. It shows off the American dream but how it's really a dream to most middle class folks these days and how the reality is more stressful and sad than happy these days. There's a lot going on and it's probably the biggest challenge I've had in a long time. Rendering 2 sets of 3 people is time consuming when you're used to only drawing one subject but even with all of the extra hours I put in on it, I like that I had a challenge to go up against. In my mind, I met the idea about half way because it didn't turn out quite the way I hoped, but it also didn't turn out to be too bad either. Still, it always makes me want to go big on the cover and really put forth the effort. Pick it up on stands in January!
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