Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Phoenix New Times :: cover illo

Had a blast doing this one.

The story's about a poor bloke ( Kevin Keogh ) , a senior financial officer of the city of Phoenix one day just loosin' it and putting his Mercedes into cruise control and climbing onto its roof and jumping to his death. A tragic and bizarre event that has never been fully understood.

"Daily newspaper accounts of the incident quoted city officials as saying Keogh's widow, Karlene, maintained that a parasite contracted during a 2002 trip to Mexico had affected Keogh's brain and other parts of his body." PNT 08/29/05

His actual death was the result of his body colliding with an orange tree. The AD wanted to have the image focus on the moment before.

I tried to keep it dramtic with a sense of movement. The car was a challenge to do , 'cos vehicles just aint my forte. Pretty happy with it though.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's one freaky story. Did you know kids can get those brain worms from playing in dirt and accidentally ingesting raccoon poop? Found that out when we had a great big pile of it outside our window in chinatown. Yum!

Anyway, found your blog. Great stuff! Gotta start mine.. have to come up with a catchy name first.

Nice seeing you at the Box party last night, talk to you soon!

- Alana

Dominic Bugatto said...

Hey there, glad ya found it .

Good seeing you and Tyrone the other night too.

Cheers, Dom

Antimatty said...

cool! i wish things like this happened more often.

lotusgreen said...

amazingly three-dimensional!

Dominic Bugatto said...

antimatty-thanks, though be careful what you wish for ;)

lotusgreen- thanks!

Robert Ullman said...

I think the car looks great...and I sympathize, as I can't draw a realistic car to save my life!