A Very Unusual Head: Initial to Final

New T-shirt Design for the Slambovians. I was given a lot of creative freedom on this project. After being commissioned to make a graphic for the song, "Very Unusual Head", I knew that I wanted to do something that perfectly captured the band's aesthetic. A bit of steampunk, a little mythology, and a little Pink Floyd - since the song was dedicated to Syd Barrett, shortly after his death.

After the first initial mock up (top left image), I chose the color scheme and hand-written crayon style for the text - borrowing heavily from the Dr. Seuss children's book covers from my childhood. I went through a few iterations: more gears; alternate color font; to two colors; and finally landed on the image below.

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After finalizing, we wound up using a version with blue text for final production, but I still like the above image because of its simplicity.

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