The Missing Link

Here's an illustration I just finished up this week. I was hired out by a local graphic design company to create an illustration for a major mining company's newsletter. They originally wanted a caveman inserting the latch into the rod, but that later changed into a Regular Joe doing the work with the caveman standing in the background holding the outdated parts. Apparently they thought having a caveman doing the work might be insulting; implying that "even a caveman could do the job." I've included my original concept sketch below.