The story behind tabloid!'s cover
Gulf News illustrator Nino Jose G. Heredia will be recreating some of the summer's biggest blockbusters in his own award-winning style
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Illustration: Nino Jose Heredia/Gulf News
Illustration: Nino Jose Heredia/Gulf News
Here he reveals the inspiration for today's cover."The medium is acrylic paint on canvas, and the illustration is based on a famous sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini of Perseus.To make it more interesting, I used Caravaggio's painting as reference for Medusa's head to compliment Sam Worthington's facial expression."
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