Project 5: Open Project Ideas

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Hey gang. My idea is to make a book cover or book spread illustration, perhaps for a children's book, or a more mature genre. I've been reading a story about a viral outbreak called The Gemini Virus by Wil Mara. Though it's a very graphic novel with quite disgusting imagery described I've been very intrigued in thinking about what an illustration would look like, and thought it might be interesting to make one of my own.

I have made little quote images for The Gemini Virus, as well as an image I Photoshoped of myself  having the early stages of the virus for Instagram. See below.





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