"Denali: The Pop-Up Book"

From an idea inspired by too much coffee and a blank sketchbook page while sitting at my local independent bookshop's cafe. Sitting there laughing quietly to oneself isn't necessarily a sign of something more disturbing, could just be a cartoonist hard at work.

And yeah, it was a frequent comment that the layout of the, well, layout is logistically, if not anatomically impossible. And again, the minor oversight regarding the matter of North America's tallest peak popping up from a book is a good rejoinder. 

 

 

Bonus update: Here's the watercolor wash version on the original pen + ink piece: