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Interested in illustration? Drawing images that accompany news stories is a privilege that news illustrator Thomas Marsh relishes. Here’s a chance to look over his shoulder and see how he does it.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Sibling Rivalry




This week’s Entertainment Tri-State cover is going to feature two acclaimed stage performers fighting over your attendance to their respective Valentine’s weekend shows.

Mark McVey will be performing with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13 in Charleston. His sister, Beth McVey will be performing with the Huntington Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Feb 13.

Here, I’ve got the ruff showing the two of them tugging on a heart. It’s a fairly straightforward composition and as always, I’m trying to keep the all-important faces large and close together.
I haven’t done Beth before but I did Mark’s about 15 years ago. I’ll dig that one out later after I’m done with this one.
This should be fun.