How "Policing the Police" Cover Art Was Made

We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here to read about corruption in the Riviera Beach Police Department.Here's...

By Devin Desjarlais

March 17, 2011

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We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for.

Click here to read about corruption in the Riviera Beach Police Department.

Here's what Ryan came up with, a pretty sweet video:

How New Times' Cover Art Is Made from Village Voice Media on Vimeo.

Thanks to Ryan for doing this for us and to our art director, Miche Ratto, for the final edits.

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