MUUDY WATERS
ILLUSTRATION, BOOK COVERART DIRECTION, ILLUSTRATION, AND COVER DESIGN FOR THE DOCTORAL THESIS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY BY DANIEL ESCOBAR CARBONARI, STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY.
THIS THESIS INVESTIGATES THE COMPLEX CLIMATE TRADE-OFFS INVOLVED IN RESTORING NORTHERN PEATLANDS. WHILE THESE LANDSCAPES HISTORICALLY COOLED THE PLANET, A CENTURY OF EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE IN SWEDEN HAS CONVERTED THEM INTO FORESTS, SIMULTANEOUSLY STIMULATING TREE GROWTH AND RELEASING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF STORED SOIL CARBON.
ILLUSTRATION
Approach
To capture the atmosphere of northern peatlands, the illustration was developed using a cold, raw visual style based on flat colors and geometric shapes. Despite the level of abstraction, accuracy in the color palette and landscape morphology was a key requirement throughout the process.