One of the more fun aspects of my job is the surprise - no, astonishment - that comes from the bizarre variety of subjects I'm sometimes hired to illustrate. Who'd a-thunk when I started freelance work nearly four years ago that one day I'd get paid to draw a pit bull with an Afro? Or a donkey standing in a Mexican restaurant?
And the fun just keeps on coming. I've just finished a series of spot illustrations for the first print issue of Ubuntu User Magazine. Sound normal so far? Did I mention that each one was a cartoon jackalope engaged in various computer software activities?
This one is "Burning CDs."
The theme for the Ubuntu release featured in this inaugural issue was Jaunty Jackalope. The editors asked me for twelve drawings that would illustrate several of the functions and activities featured in this free OS for home computing. They liked them enough to ask me for two more!
Here's a slideshow of all 14 illustrations.
(click on image for slideshow)
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