Here's a fun cover commission for
Atlanta Magazine's preview of the
upcoming
World Cup 2026 this month. For this one Art Director Craig
Edwards came to me with the idea for the football pitch with cover headlines
painted onto CGI grass and I had to figure out a way to do it, the ball was in
my court as they never say in soccer. I took to Cinema 4d/Redshift and various
tutorials to create the CGI grass and then project the pitch lines and
typography onto the texture. It took a lot of refining and fiddling about with
grass length to get the right look for the cover. I've included a closeup and an
alternate angle on the pitch to show the level of detail that could be achieved.
Overall, a really enjoyable creative and technical challenge this one so many
thanks to Craig for the commission. See it on the main site
here.
