At first we wanted the cover to reflect the eclectic mix of talent selected: 16 artists who each had a unique signature style. The cover’s design was drafted on the first day of the issue, with each of the artists having their own small panel on a collage that wrapped around the front and back cover.
But when Sarah Maxwell’s wonderful self-portrait – Baby Blue, Just For You – arrived, everything changed. Her subdued, wistful yet utterly engaging artwork demanded to be used as an individual cover. Although Sarah’s inspiration for this work was personal (“My feelings of love and longing for someone who wasn’t in my life anymore”), for us it captured the melancholic nobility of the archetypal illustrator. As Emily Gosling explains in her article, “At its heart, illustration…
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Computer Arts (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2020