Last week, I had the opportunity to illustrate the cover for SF Weekly, for a story about Nancy Pelosi. It’s almost a cliché these days for illustrators to publicly praise art directors on their blogs, but in this case, I really mean it: Art Director Andrew Nilsen was amazing to work with, and his excellent direction really made this cover all the better. If all my gigs went this smoothly, I would be a happy man indeed.

Working with an uncertain headline (due to last-minute attempts for the writer to wrangle an interview with Pelosi) meant that we had a strong chance of revisions or tweaks to the art, so digital paint was the way to go for this one. Done entirely in Photoshop CS4 using my well-worn Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. I’m doing enough digital painting these days that I’m getting sorely tempted to buy one of those new Cintiqs. Maybe someday…