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Illustrated Story

I’m working on a special project over the next three months. I’ll be turning a short story of mine into an illustrated novella.

My goal is to combine my talents in illustration, writing, and design to create an expressive reading experience. I want there to be unity between art and text. 

The main challenge will be to make the artwork useful for storytelling and to make it subdued enough to direct the reader's eyes around the page while minimizing distraction or interrupting their reading flow.

Here are a couple examples, with very different styles. 

I’ll be exploring the artistic direction and the story more in my next post.

Today I felt like sketching out my World of Warcraft character Jokro, a Troll outlaw rogue! Next step, touch up and then inking...

Naman Spa MIA Design Studio

Not your average book: Visionaire. 55, Surprise

Visionaire. 55, Surprise, New York, NY: Visionaire Pub., c2008.

Explore more from the “Not your average book” series.

St. Paul’s Cathedral Library - London, UK

Wild Animals Merged With Majestic Wilderness

In the cold depths of Russia’s northeastern Chukotka region, Magadan-based photographer Ivan Kislov captures colorful signs of life in the snow through his breathtaking images of foxes in the wild.

“Coven” and more of my new works on exhibit at Luna Rienne Gallery, SF. MANA-SYNTH hanging until November 9th.

Adam Ferriss 

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Adam Ferriss is a photographer and digital media artist based in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to his artistic practice, Adam runs the photography labs at Otis College of Art and Design. His most recent projects involve creating tri-chromatic color separation photographs and algorithmically restructuring pixel array data.