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In my last year at my Fine Arts college, I had to present a Thesis on Book Illustration. I chose Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved Classic,
"Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles".
"Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles".
It was an exploration using "stain-painting" to illustrate scenes from the book. I based it on Guy Ritchie's cinematic Sherlock Holmes, and combined it with comic book styles of drawing. I used India Ink on watercolour paper, and rendered it with staining substances, mainly: soy sauce, annatto seed extracts, shades of lipstick, and blue food dyes. In addition to the illustrations, I had to do a mock campaign to promote, print, and produce some of the actual products. Here are a few handpicked samples.
Below are 6 out of 36 illustrations that were made for the book.
The Hound of the Baskervilles cover art.
"A Ruckus in Regent Street"
"A Suspicious Character"
"A Death on the Moor"
"A Break in the Case"
"A Damsel in Distress"
Below are just some of the images produced for the book's mock campaign.
Book Cover Design Mock-up
Billboard Ad Mock-Up
Teaser Ad (Part 1 of 3) Mock-up
Teaser Ad (Part 2 of 3) Mock-Up
Webpage Design (Home Page) Mock-up
Webpage Design (Gallery) Mock-up
