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This was a cover and feature illustration project for BBC Focus magazine. The subject was nuclear power but they key point was not to display it in a negative manner. Unusually we worked up two cover ideas simultaneously. Fortunately the client chose our favourite option: the neon!
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Cover image.
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Feature image.
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Alternative close-up with some gentle depth of field.
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Entirely different cover idea that was worked up alongside the 'winner' as a backup.
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Some early pitch ideas.