City of Shells

I decided to do a poster-ish illustration based on a short story by Karen Russell from her collection St.Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. The story follows a young girl who visits an island full of shells the size of houses as part of a school trip. The idea of these huge shells always was fun to me so I applied to a drawing:

The sketch.

The piece. Done in watercolor, yay for hand lettering!

If you get a chance it's really worth picking up a copy of Karen Russell's book and give it a read, it's one of my favorites.