Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Criterion Collection's "La Poison" Cover Art


The Criterion Collection will be releasing Sacha Guitry's 1951 classic French black comedy La Poison on DVD and Blu-Ray this fall.  I created the cover art, featuring the film's star, the wonderfully expressive French film actor Michel Simon, and Germaine Reuver who plays his wife, each planning the other's demise. Eric Skillman is the art director for the Criterion collection.

https://www.criterion.com/films/28637-la-poison


my initial rough sketch

a tighter sketch


the finished art (click to enlarge)


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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 31, 2017 at 1:02 PM

    Brilliant work. I saw this on the Criterion site and figured it had to be yours. Bravo.

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  2. vwstieberJune 3, 2017 at 12:41 PM

    That is beautiful. Thank you for posting the sketches leading up to it as well.

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