Meet the Rose Magazine cover artist: Zack Morrissette
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Theater marquee, below, and comic work, above, by artist Zack Morrissette.
Los-Angeles based artist and designer Zack Morrissette created the Rose Magazine cover look, based on a photo shoot of Caltech's John Dabiri, as captured by staff photographer Walt Mancini.
Morrissette has been working in the L.A. art and design scene since 1996 in a variety of mediums and styles -- charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, ink and computer graphics, among them.
He studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
At right, you can see the original photo shot by Mancini and, below that, how Morrissette transformed the image for the cover. The graphic design in the background blends inspiration from both Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" and Dabiri's scholarly research on jellyfish.
(Read more about our cover story.)
At bottom right is an alternate watercolor painting version of the cover art, also handcrafted by Morrissette.
The artist specializes in comic design, and some pieces from his portfolio are displayed at the top of this page.
Visit Morrissette's Web site to see more work by the Rose Magazine cover artist.
Top right photo by Walt Mancini/Staff
All others courtesy Zack Morrissette/Contributor
1 Comments
Well, congratulations to you and I am VERY impressed.
You don't know me - I know ABOUT you only but having been in advertising many moons ago, I am impressed with your obvious talent and wish you tons of luck. Dona