Illustration, Digital Isolation

Pulled this illustration together in about a 5 hour period. All things considered, this turned out alright.

Below is the first version without the girl, then the final, and lastly, the illustration as seen in the layout for the National Edition of the Deseret News. (Layout by Heiddi Perry)

Here is a link to the story, by Chandra Johnson, if you are interested.

A Noticeable reduction in saturation can be seen due to toning. 

News print has a much narrower color gamut than other papers.