POP NEWS Cover by Me!

Got to illustrate the “Last Drop of Summer” cover for Amsterdam’s RISO POP monthly newspaper—such a fun project!

POP NEWS Cover by Me!
This was printed at Spudnik Press. The planned orange ink wasn’t available, so I used fluorescent orange instead—and kept tweaking until I was happy with the result!

Back in June, during my trip to the Netherlands, I visited the risograph studio RISO POP in Amsterdam to do some printing. While I was there, the studio’s owner, Aafke (@riso_pop), asked me, “Would you like to draw the cover for our monthly POP NEWS?” Of course I said yes—and now I got to create the cover for this month’s issue! The theme was Last Drop of Summer.

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Besides the cover, I also designed a spot-the-difference game.

At the end of last month, when I did a test print at Spudnik Press, I gave you a tiny sneak peek here on the blog. But yesterday, I spotted RISO POP’s Instagram Stories showing it being printed—so now I’m sharing it here too!

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Thanks for putting my name out there so big and bold!

It was such a fun project, and now I’m hoping for more chances to collaborate with risograph studios all over the world! Huge thanks to Aafke for giving me such a fun and wonderful opportunity!

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