Tomorrow’s lead article in the sports section is about how Coal City is contemplating installing an artificial surface on their football field. The whole idea is a little crazy for a 3A school, since fields start at $400,000 and need to be replaced every 8-10 years.

Regardless, we needed lead art. I chose to do a side-by-side illustration of the two surfaces. Thanks to Romeoville High School for allowing me to check out their field.

When I asked people if this photo looked weird at all, they all said ‘no, why?’ It’s actually two photos merged into one down the middle. That middle finger of mine is half from one photo and half from another. Since I did too good of a job blending them, we labeled the two surfaces in the print edition.

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