Isthmus cover for September 2023
Each month art director Tommy Washbush designs the Isthmus print issue and directs the cover art. About once a year he illustrates the cover himself. On those occasions, he says, “I like to take the opportunity to do my favorite things with it — doing something fun and unconventional with the nameplate, building a foreground, middle ground and background and creating a lot of interplay between the elements.”
Rough drafts and alternate cover options.
Rough drafts and alternate cover options.
For September’s Fall Arts Preview cover, he took a cue from our SummerTimes issue, drawing inspiration from cover artist Hannah Jilk’s use of hand lettering. “Red, yellow and orange leaves are a pretty cliche theme for a fall cover,” he says, “but the idea of the dancing leaves swaying through the wind just fits with the theme of the special section.”
See more of Tommy’s work at twashbush.weebly.com and @washbeast on Instagram.
