Folio Society and House of Illustration: “The Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Using the previous version of this as a basis, I finalised the shapes of the houses and using positioned the windows I had previously produced onto the house. I decided that, after rereading the text again, I would do away with the door as not only was the positioning wrong but as the action was …

Folio and HoI: The Man with the Twisted Lip development

Since the initial idea for this illustration I have continued to draw out and develop how the house/building featured in the story might look. The houses I felt were mos successful were ones that incorporated the sections with the pointed roof. Looking at these, it was suggested that I perhaps looked at making the building …

Folio and HoI: Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Lip (concepts)

I wanted to focus on buildings and background for at least one of the illustrations as often in my work I neglect this aspect of an illustration and would like to practice this more. As my first illustration is figure and character based, I felt that this was a good option for having a less …