For this project I wanted to illustrate Shawn Mendes. Based on the photograph I used as a reference, I thought it could make a great album cover. So after finishing the illustration, I mocked it up as a potential album cover with the title being, "XO, Shawn".
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Below are progress photos of the illustration so you can see how this came together, along with the photo I used as a reference.
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