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Home > Illustrations > Playing Favorites

Playing Favorites

By Whitney Sherman | Created: n.d.

Playing Favorites

"I’d majored in photography, but had no job or money to set up my darkroom, so I used drawing to get my ideas out. Design friends saw the drawings and asked me to do pieces for them, and I enjoyed it. Thus began my illustration career."

Publication
  • Purdue Alumnus Magazine, illustration for "Playing Favorites" by Amy Patterson Neubert
Publication Date
  • May/June 2014
Medium
  • Digital
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • Unknown
Collection
  • Collection of the artist

©Whitney Sherman

Playing Favorites is an editorial illustration about sociologists studying the relationship between older parents and their children. Article tagline: "Of course a mother loves all of her children, but could it be true that she has a favorite?"

Genres
  • Fairy Tales and Fables
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 2010-2020 The Decade 2010-2020

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