Political Research Associates -Public Eye COVER
Ok, so I was contacted to do the cover for the Political Research Associates quarterly magazine “The Public Eye” around the summer time of 2025. For those who don’t know this magazine has been around since the early 80’s and they cover issues like White Christian Nationalists, Antisemitism, Immigration, Misogyny, The Queer community, Environmental and Reproductive justice, etc. They do RESEARCH and Analysis!!! The magazine “The Public Eye” started in the mid 90s and has been going strong since then.
Here’s some process art for the cover. I ended up doing a mix and match of photo reference, even shooting me and my wife for this. Ok, so a lot of this issue was about the absolute onslaught of attacks on Brown people from this white supremacist and his team in the oval office. And if you want to know why so many boycotts and protests have targeted certain corporations its because many of them funded his second rise.
Here are some color directions.
Anyway, think about what you read on social media and traditional news media. Some of it is by actual journalists and journalists in training. Some is propaganda to confuse and disinform. This magazine is the antidote to that and this issue is about:
- The Department of Home Land Security, tech, and surveillance
- Afrikaner refugees and the White Nationalist Myth
- Immigrant Justice and why “We Must Fight for Everyone”
- Florida, deportations, Aligator Alcatraz
And here’s the thing about this, in the magazine there are sources so you can go and read, watch, and learn what they’re talking about if you want to go more in depth. You can read more about my thoughts on creating the cover here on their site.
And here’s the final painting done with watercolor, ink, and edited in photoshop. Want the digital or print version of this magazine? GET IT HERE.
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