Warday

Whitley was close enough to the twenty megaton bomb that hit the Borough of Queens to be enveloped by the chalky brilliance, rocked by the blast and sent scrambling out of the bus into the bleeding crowd thronging the yellow dust-filled street.

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Cover for the Novel "Warday" [link]
as a random illustration assignment

Time consumed: two days
Medium: pastels+acrylics+markers
Real size: 18x24 inches
Photographed with: Canon Digital Rebel
Final color edits: Photoshop CS

Other color tests:
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