(Instagram) The Future is Now Volume 2 Front Cover, Josan Gonzales
(http://timbasmits.com, 2017) Little White Lies Magazine issue 62 – CAROL. Nov-Dec 2015, Timba Smits
The front cover by Josan Gonzalez is for his own comic called The Future is Now (Gonzales, 2017). This is the second book, as shown by the 2 across her face. The book title stands out the most as it is the most vibrant colour and the words it is contained in have the most angles out of the whole cover. The features of the face have the most detail/lines asides from the hair which makes it stand out against the blocks of colour in the background and the head accessories. The crispness of the lines and the blocky colours really appeal to me.
Timba Smits’ magazine cover also features a portrait and this is the main focus, as the magazine is about the movie in which she stars, as is Josan Gonzalez’s about the girl featured on his front cover. However, Smits’ is much more vibrant and a stark white rather than yellow has to be used to create contrast. This was ‘hand illustrated and digitally coloured’ (Smits, 2015), similarly to Josan Gonzalez’s front cover, which I do also. The texture imposed onto the face give a timeless feel in-line with the movie. Smits’ is mostly a bright red and Gonzalez’s is various colours but they are all similar in intensity, both are things I like a lot. The largest difference between them, excluding colour, is the pose and amount of line. Smits’ has no line quality and this makes it seem more realistic as opposed to cartoony like Josan Gonzalez’s work, both are things I really appreciate and like to incorporate into my work.