Prairie Iguana

Title: Negotiating the Prairie Iguana

Originally this was meant to be a diptych,like the other I had done. Aside from liking triptych and diptych, there was also a practicality angle (in terms of shipping) bc I have the materials for shipping 5"x7" prints, but not 8"x10". But I decided that breaking the images into two halves doesn't work for the flow of the composition. So I reformatted this as well as "We Shall Pop A Cap" to 8"x10". I'll likely have these printed on a glossy stock as it provides scratch protection, which these bigger prints may need. Once they're under glass, the difference in surface finishing to the 5"x7" becomes a non issue.

Strangers with Ouchie Candy

Title: "Shared Evaluations oft not Share Appreciations"

Another from the Westerly sub-series. The girl and candy apple originally appeared on the CD art, with the apple being held by a hand which came in from the edge of the liner note page. I redrew the hand and added the witch. The visual suggestion of a wing, on the witch's right side, was added for a little more weirdness...I had played with putting her other arm there, but it seemed distracting...the wing was more subtle and added a component to the story telling.

Butterbroda-Westerly Strut

I planning on using some of the CD packing art I had created and using them in a sub-series for Butterbroda of western themed pictures. The first is a dyptic of two 5"x7" panels titled, "We Shall Pop a Cap". I hope to have ten or twelve image when I'm done, but may add more if the ideas keep coming.

More CD art

Below is more artwork for the Jennie Arnau CD, "Chasing Giants," packaging. The CD will be sold in a digipak, which is a wraparound case, made with heavy paper stock. The advantage of the digipak is that it allowed me to create a single wraparound image, like the front and back covers of a book.

The packaging also required a  liner note book, containing three inner spreads with front and back covers.  Since the lyrics were relatively long, I created free-floating art that I could place around the text and tie together with flourishing lines and rope designs. The rope designs were one of my favorite additions to this style, fitting perfectly into the western theme and adding another level of embellishment, which helped provide both flow and cohesion.

I treated the CD label similar to the liner notes spreads, with floating art and scrolling designs to create motion and fill the space while keeping a sense of overall airiness.

Including the front and back cover, liner notes and CD label, I also provided artwork for the CD tray and inside flap which holds the liner notes.

The tracks from "Chasing Giants" are available on itunes and amazon.com, the actual CD may not be in stores for a few more months. Thanks again to Jennie and Tamara for giving me the creative freedom to go where my imagination took me.