The illustration started as a non-commisioned portrait of Morrissey. Still, when I learned that Penguin published Morrissey's autobiography as Penguin Classic, I decided to play with it a bit to create alternative book covers (inspired by different vintage Penguin books).
The portrait was hand drawn with a pencil, inked with Copic Multiliners SP and coloured in PS.
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Vintage Penguin Classics inspired alternative covers for Morrissey's autobiography:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/de205338e8f77c54468d224b_rw_1200.jpg?h=d60fe1cfffb6c26ddda5c1e86e5a6128)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/8d4aabe0912cf5af43c1fa9e_rw_1200.jpg?h=c30cff97e46acb82a453c26aaf3d2ed1)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/23b90d11149beaa6a81b778c_rw_1200.jpg?h=ad2cbf13c4ce99c5ce211b2b2ae5b0fb)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/ff3069bdf8c8582872b9133d_rw_1200.jpg?h=61e7f1c8da49f34d37ce374eef897e8b)
Original portrait:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/1b57838e6145c241b795dd98_rw_1200.jpg?h=a4199b866304c885286bec7d521fe748)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/37c28f255768420fd6e2e756_rw_1200.jpg?h=6ca75c9db80f1b2db5227c5d1e6de155)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/93131b48299f683aeb5cb253_rw_1200.jpg?h=19cab1eb30d7af99210957982496e9da)
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Alternative colour version:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/a3a777d8daec21e3ffdf0328_rw_1200.jpg?h=e6c91b88ab9815413f1a18457be64363)
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/76c86870dfd19b1ed3a60e9d_rw_1200.jpg?h=34822cfbf0ffb53b7ed63b2ee604e662)
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Colouring in progress:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/be8c0c20f83ea8dcface512c_rw_1200.jpg?h=d155f2f69f3d690ec92073412b29f66d)
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Drawing in progress:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a9abb7940e8826d4046f23c433fbfff/427d12515f1fa63d56f47284_rw_1200.jpg?h=0ad33b4611d50ad2f76f67b7f8540766)
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