Mind Control - digital watercolor by book cover illustrator and artist Duncan Long

It is often fun to play around with the media styles of artwork (well, I find it fun). In previous blogs I’ve displayed some of my digital “pen and pencil sketches.”

Now a “watercolor.”

It’s actually a version of the photo-realistic painting I did a few days ago (you can see it here). And I should note that, while this new picture is done in a watercolor style, this illustration is actually digital (and no electrons were harmed in the making of this painting).

Comparing the two versions of the pictures shows how the medium style used really can convey a somewhat or even much different feel.

Although seldom applied to artwork, I think Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” applies.

===========

Duncan Long is a freelance artist whose illustrations appear as book covers on books marketed by HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, Paladin Press, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See more of his book cover illustrations — as well as a few watercolor versions of them — at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html

===================