A couple of months back, Edie Jarolim, a travel writer and editor, contacted me saying she was working on a Kickstarter project to publish her memoir, Getting Naked For Money. Her concept for the cover was Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and she had  found me online, since parodies of the Great Masters is sort of my thing.

The idea is based on a job she had once, writing about a nudist camp for a women’s magazine. But she didn’t want a straight parody where I’d mimic the style of Botticelli. Instead she wanted a contemporary style, using an outline and flat color. Plus she wanted to incorporate a writer’s notebook and a camera, both to tag her as a journalist and to add a little modesty to Venus.

We went through a few sketches, nailing down the expression, background elements and other details. If you’re interested in how the job developed, check out Edie’s blog on the subject HERE.

And I invite you to check out her Kickstarter campaign HERE.