The challenge was to parse the notion of friendship in a fresh way, within the constraints of a single, scalable image for a broad multi-language audience. I chose to approach the theme of friendship through the lens of contemporary techno-culture. The editorial concept is focused on the boundaries between physical and digital life, and modern meanings of intimacy.

The image needed to communicate clearly to an international audience of multiple languages and cultures, work across scale and distance, and so I needed to express the essence of the concept in purely visual terms.

A 3d medium was selected to further reinforce the concept, rendering a cold, crisp dimensional aesthetic through the illustration's composition, modeling, lighting, and texturing in 3d software.

This editorial illustration was selected as part of the Virtuální bienále Praha and displayed in the Czech Republic.