Goni Montes

The Stranger

Goni Montes — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:55:17 +0000

Next Testament #1 Process

Goni Montes — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:10 +0000

A few months ago, Bryce Carlson and Chris Rosa of BOOM! Studios contacted me about a couple of covers for their upcoming comic Next Testament. Not only would those be my first ever comic covers, but the story comes from none other than Clive Barker!

The story is about a god as beautiful as it is cruel. It is an excellent rendition of an incredibly superior being whose machinations we cannot even begin to understand. The visual called for a lot of color and although my work does not lack it, the heavy lines can often hold vibrance back. To avoid that from happening, I decided to take back the lines a bit by painting the whole thing in one layer over my original lines instead of my usual process of leaving the lines on top of the drawing.

Since the whole thing was done in a layer, I decided to take pics of as many stages as I could. These were the resulting images.

Next Testament #1

Goni Montes — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:22 +0000

Spectrum 20!

Goni Montes — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:05:15 +0000

I just found out Legacy Lost and The Activist got into Spectrum 20! I’ve been trying to get into that book for years now so this is a really happy day. Congrats and thanks to art directors Irene Gallo of Tor and Marta Scetta of Work Style Magazine! And big thanks to the very generous Spectrum jury.

Society of Publication Designers

Goni Montes — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:02:33 +0000

I woke up to some great news this morning. Eleanor Williamson from Skiing Magazine and Sune Ehlers from Euroman informed me that two of my illustration got merit awards from Society of Publication Designers! So I’m pretty stoked.

49ers Super Bowl XLVII

Goni Montes — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:31:15 +0000

More 2012 Stuff

Goni Montes — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:27:43 +0000

For one reason or another, I forgot to post a few pieces that were completed and published during 2012. Of course it’d be ideal to post diligently, but sometimes projects and events line up in very odd ways. Nevertheless, here’s more work.

The New York Times

TextFyre

The Work Style Magazine

Skiing Magazine

World Wildlife Fund

Border Dogs

Goni Montes — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:45:19 +0000

Science Undermined

Goni Montes — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:05:07 +0000

Client: Scientific American

Illustration for Scientific American's feature article How Drug Company Money is Undermining Science

Pirates on the Copyright Ocean

Goni Montes — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:39:37 +0000