Art for Berkeley Public Library-Mr Jacobs
This Spring, I got the opportunity to work on something for the Berkeley Public Library! An illustration of famed Black librarian from South Berkeley, Mr Jim Jacobs who pioneered some historic programs at the library back in the 60’s! Here’s a little background on Jim.
And here’s the added bonus, when doing work like this I get to assist what librarians are already doing which is providing a rich array of stories, creativity, knowledge, and information for their patrons; finding what folks want to read, and showing what they might like! So, take your kids to any of the Berkeley library branches. Sign them up for a library card, get them reading, and log the books for prizes:)
Here’s a bit of sketching to do the illustration.
There’s a pretty cool photo of Jim reading and playing his guitar to kids so we kind of went with that but it was fun to imagine him a few ways.
Here i shared some color ideas with the staff there, shout out to Erica, Elaine, and Juan.
Here’s what the final linework looked like which they used to make……
If you’re a Berkeley resident and you’d like to get this bag, a free book, or other prizes go to this page, log the books you read , and get on it. Also, OG librarian ms Erica said these are limited edition so….
They also made these cool stickers 🙂
Dig this? Check out my work for..
- Santa Clara Open Space Authority-Coloring Book
- He Hit Me First by Robert M. Alexander- Middle Grade Book Cover
- The Public Eye Magazine– (immigration, tech, surveillance) Cover
- ACLU – Central Valley Report
