"The Aberdyll Onion" book jacket by Colin Elgie

The Aberdyll Onion Bookcover

Medium: Digital
Client: Farrago Books

A book cover for a collection of short stories, showing a night time scene set in a mysterious Welsh valley, as a gardener uses subterfuge to grow a prize onion.

About Colin
For the look and feel of the iconic poster artwork of the 1930s and 40s, Colin Elgie is the illustrator to call. Vastly experienced, he began his career in the 1970s working with Prog Rock giants like Pink Floyd, Genesis and Peter Gabriel, and today his style is as clear and graphic as ever as he delivers impactful retro imagery for clients in publishing, travel and entertainment.
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