I created this illustration for issue #31 of S!CK Magazine, an excellent pop-culture news magazine based out of France. For this issue, the S!CK team asked me to create a wrap-around cover based on the David Fincher film classic, Se7en (1995).
The team at S!CK Magazine were very enthusiastic about this cover, because they are huge fans of Fincher and this amazing movie. The design idea and inspiration behind the look of the cover was conceived once again by Yoann Villars, the Lead Editor for S!CK Magazine. He wanted the cover to feel like an extention of the movie's themes of heaven and hell, but with a more visual connection to the plot elements, such as Milton's Paradise Lost. This one was very enjoyable to create because I got to design and illustrate the fallen angel denscending into hell.
S!CK Magazine once again provided me with a rough layout idea, color palette, and reference pages already keyed out for the issue. They wanted the cover illustration to visually connect with the design and layout of the corresponding art and articles within the magazine, and everything in this issue looked amazing because of their meticulous planning!
Links to S!CK Magazine are below, so you can check out this awesome magazine
for yourself! (FYI: the sites are in French by default)
for yourself! (FYI: the sites are in French by default)
Below is a 12-minute time-lapse video that shows me creating the "fallen angel" cover:
Final wrap-around cover shown above.
