Pulp Fiction

Portrait of Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace from Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic from 1994, “Pulp Fiction”. 

Once the portrait was completed, the concept was to create a pulp fiction paperback cover. The bold type and weathered look aligns with the pulp theme. I used several textures and custom brushes to age the book cover and make it feel like a worn paperback. 

The final step was to create the poster version of this illustration. Continuing the themes from the film, which was exceedingly gorey as Quentin Tarantino’s ouevre, I used spattering brushes to give it a sense of some of the hyper-violence of the film. 

These illustrations were created using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Corel Painter.