These were recently done for the excellent Matt Petty at the SF Chronicle, as a cover and spots for their Travel section's annual "Geo Quiz". 

The cover concept was based on the question: Which country has lions, tigers and bears living in the wild?  Hint: it's in Asia, hence the attempt at an Asian feel to these illos.

I was attempting at making images that made the viewer question a bit, so I liked the non-sequiter angle of having these beasts as an image that was talking about travel.  I also wanted to avoid the Oz cliche. 

With the spots, I wanted to do a similar graphic treatment but refer more to the specifics of a few of the given questions.  Any guesses at what they might be about?

Illo of the Week