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Adam McCauley
Line Up
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Sketch One
This was just finished for a magazine that needed a feature illo about authentication fraud, and wanted the ol' conceptual chestnut of the police line up, except somehow show them all being the same person.  This is the initial sketch.

The art director was happy with it, but he told me he was gay and felt perhaps insecure about the mohawk dude, who reminded him of the Village People.  He wanted to ask the editor first if he felt the same before approval.  He called me back with (surprise) more changes based on the editor's discussion.  Rasta dude had to be nixed, and replaced with another woman.  Also, the kid had to be more of a teenager, and the Village People guy had to look more like an office worker.  Over all, they also wanted more tech worker vibe.  So, please send a revise...
Sketch Two
The a.d. called back and said now it would also be the cover art, and the woman in the middle looked like a transvestite!  So, put on a skirt and rearrange the figures so that they could crop in on the center section (using three or four figures) and use that part for the cover.  One last revise, please...
Sketch Three
The approved final sketch.
Final Art
I had fun.  I like the art director a lot.  I learned that drawing women with mustaches can turn them into transvestites unless I put them in a skirt and emphasize their curves.
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