The Old Farmer's Almanac along with design team at Bluerock Design, LLC commissioned Steven Noble to illustrate the new cover illustration with brighter, crisper seasonal depictions. You will see the lifelike portraits of Benjamin Franklin and this Almanac’s founder, Robert B. Thomas along with the delicate lines in the fruit of the harvest and the filigree of the frame. Illustrator Steven Noble has updated the new look by harkening back to our earliest designs. The original illustration was hand drawn on scratchboard.