love the colours and the way you convey travel with the USA map and the planes. I would have probably given more emphasis to the lift hitching. Still it's great and again, love the colour work on the map, great stuff!
the subtle variations in the map's desaturated blues make a perfect backdrop for the chromatic plane colours. it took me some time to figure out what the hand thumbing was - be creative, but editorial illustration must be easily/quickly 'read.' i too like the criss-crossing and childlike innocence, but perhaps carrying into the text layout is going too far. lots of fun, which is just right for this article.
I love the colors of this illustration: the different shades of subtle blue for the background and the bright colors for the aeroplanes create a very nice effect.
Hi! Thanks for all the great comments! They are much appreciated! In regards to the thumb, the article seemed to me to be clearly linked to the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (42, Jet Hiker...), so I decided to use the logo from the Hitchhiker's Guide but I placed the thumb over an image of the Earth, as supposed to the original logo which depicts Saturn. Bit off a geeky in-joke, I guess.
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