Skip to the content
carl-mitchell.comcarl-mitchell.com
Designer, Illustrator
  • Blog
  • Bio
  • Comics
  • Work
  • Design
  • Illustration
  • Blog
  • Bio
  • Comics
  • Work
  • Design
  • Illustration

Month: April 2016

Celtic God of Publishing

  • Post author By Carl
  • Post date April 6, 2016

Lauren is an editor by day, author by night. An old friend, she’s been co-writing one of my (eternally in development) comics. Lauren’s been compiling a collection of short stories with her friends and peers, which is about ready to self-publish. The cover art was already sorted – I was called in for the publisher’s logo. That final pro touch in the bottom corner, you know?

Being fascinated with history and archeology, she decided on a Celtic style. Plenty of research was done via Google Images (filtering out the Scottish football team of the same name), finding a surprising amount of ancient finely-carved nudity.

Cropped to remove the, ahem, "bullocks" further down this metalwork".
Click for the full uncropped image if you really want to see a bull’s, ahem, “bullocks”.

We agreed that a face / mask would be neat. Lauren liked the Lord of Glauberg statue… but the product needed to work on laymans like me. The Lord reminded me of Mugatu from Zoolander, so was vetoed.

(left) Lord of Glauberg statue (right) Mugatu
Now THERE’S a comparison you didn’t expect to see today.

The winner of this round was a Celtic horned god of nature, known as… *checks spelling* …Cernunnos. That’s him at the top of this post, on the same artefact you can find that bull.

Continue reading “Celtic God of Publishing”
  • Tags branding, design, logo

Recent Posts

  • Sketches Abroad: Hourly Comic Day 2023 February 28, 2023
  • Half Locked (Down): Hourly Comic Day 2022 February 7, 2022
  • Remain indoors: Hourly Comic Day 2021 February 12, 2021
  • Better late than never: Hourly Comic Day 2020 April 1, 2020
  • Then he scribbled away (Scribble scribble) February 4, 2019

Archives

  • February 2023
  • February 2022
  • February 2021
  • April 2020
  • February 2019
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • November 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • April 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • April 2016
  • February 2016
  • December 2015
  • June 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • July 2014
  • May 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • November 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • May 2012
  • February 2012
  • December 2011
  • October 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010

Categories

  • Blogpost
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

© 2023 carl-mitchell.com

Powered by WordPress

To the top ↑ Up ↑