To Carb or Not to Carb

To Carb or Not to Carb editorial illustration

Editorial illustration for an article in Your Health by Gundry about carbohydrates. With a headline such as this, it was obvious what I needed to illustrate.

To Carb or Not to Carb illustration: Work in progress
Final illustration

To Carb or Not to Carb illustration: Work in progress
I hated this version with the fat sausage fingers. It just did not work.

Reference photo — previous versions felt kind of awkward and off before I used this reference.

 

To Carb or Not to Carb illustration: Work in progress
These early versions used a bright and pastel background, not sure what I was thinking. If you’re going to reference Hamlet, you had better embrace the darkness.

To Carb or Not to Carb illustration: Work in progress

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