Fig 01. Final Artwork
Project Dossier Series
Illan Meslier The Iceman
Cover illustration of Illan Meslier for The Square Ball, built around the unnerving calm of a very young goalkeeper who never seemed remotely hurried.
About the Project
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Client The Square Ball
Illan Meslier. The Iceman. Arrived at Leeds as a teenager on loan from Lorient and ended up being the youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League. Impossibly calm for his age, the kind of composure you'd expect from someone who'd been doing it for decades rather than months.
Cover illustration for The Square Ball, featuring a tribute to a very special cat named Vinny who deserved his own place in the artwork.
Project sequence 6 figures
A paced run of supporting images that extends the main illustration into a fuller editorial sequence.
Arrangement Sequence grid
Sequence Fig 02–07
Viewing Open any plate
The image run is paced as a continuation of the cover idea, with each plate expanding the editorial field.
Fig 02. Sequence Plate
Fig 03. Spread Detail
Fig 04. Archive View
Fig 05. Sequence Plate
Fig 06. Spread Detail
Fig 07. Archive View
Sequence note
Taken together, the plates read less like supplementary images and more like a complete editorial spread that can be entered from several angles.
