Here is a thumb / color comp for my first "editorial" assignment for portfolio. an editorial illustration is one that usually accompanies an article in a magazine and usually implies a politically themed illustration. there is no real article for this one but its about the absurd amount of junk we have floating around our planet. not including the 500 operating satellites up there are 8000 other man made objects and thats not including the 26000 that have already lost orbit and burned up in the atmosphere since the 50's and 60's. not trying to get preachy but we have already trashed the planet and it seems that we are now working our way out to the rest of the solar system. it was originally going to be the moon that you saw in the middle of the "clearing" as if you were looking up at the sky and it was filled but i think its better if you are looking down on the earth and your view is blocked. just for fun im going to add lots of fun hidden things floating around in orbit. i want to do this as a painting but once again due to time constraints i will probably end up doing it on the computer. we'll see . . .