they said they wanted "Peter Wonsowski meets Dr Seuss"; how great is that to hear?!? and of course i love that my job includes a morning reading 7 of my favorite Dr Seuss story books for, you know, "reference" (not to mention my trip to the book store a Tax Write Off !)

the following were rough thumbnail sketches, to determine what kind of perspective we wanted

followed by some quick fleshing out before i dove into the exploration of the final
and since many drawings would be of actual band members, guest musicians, friends, and such, i drew pages of quick caricatures to get decent stylized likenesses. Here's Jake:
and the first [el Greco] version of Keeth, their friend (and parade's pied piper)

the Final Art (type and layout still in progress)
PLEASE CLICK FOR LARGER VIEWS !


DETAILS:
i can't tell you how excited i was to do a complicated crowd scene. i wanted to make sure that there was always something fun look at, and i refused to oversimplify any bodies in the background. thankfully the divine format of a gatefold vinyl allows for 24"x12" to enjoy
(so feel free to click for larger views!)




thanks!
-peter