Raphinha! O' Monstro
A Raphinha cover for The Square Ball — O' Monstro at full tilt, the winger who could turn a Leeds relegation scrap into must-watch football with a single touch.
About the Project
O' Monstro. Raphinha was the kind of player who made you forget Leeds were in a relegation fight every time he picked up the ball — Brazilian flair, Premier League grit, and a set-piece delivery that made corners genuinely exciting for the first time in years. I wanted the cover to feel like that: all menace and momentum, the monster the chant kept promising.
Cover illustration for The Square Ball — drawn just before Barcelona came calling and made him somebody else's problem to illustrate.
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Sequence note
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Process: Sketch to Final
