Art & Sons, a small studio out of Madison, WI commissioned me to [re]design the cover art for Youngblood Brass Band, a New Orleans- based brass/drum band. They supplied me with the original cover art that they had outgrown and asked for me to take on my interpretation of it.
Original cover art [client-supplied reference]
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/5f2c1e20ce4500ffaa785ba0_rw_1200.jpg?h=3c163f2b557dc830de5d058356c0e3e5)
Initial test renders
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/5c1e8d094f6e30676ba06ed1_rw_1200.jpg?h=95a08cff9fb5bd453e5ee1c433515c87)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/0d768a7fc8f0162461931390_rw_1200.jpg?h=2114d1534dbccd2f5c057c12005c058c)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/c8962186fa669831a1d785ce_rw_1200.jpg?h=0033187bbcc75e948b3f128faef77bb7)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/a5397c0733864e84a9f3f637_rw_1200.jpg?h=d236fc8d7896b336598e14659ed910ca)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/c03f26ea6f35df9008025df8_rw_1200.jpg?h=1bae1aa8fbebf0e905fb9b851a903694)
Revisions
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/1834b87cabfc8b26b6ff24af_rw_1200.jpg?h=a160c0905ea452d60e52799552c9264a)
Thickening of the tubes
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/4c661c31e7151dc548053f6d_rw_1200.jpg?h=12f52cd2db4e9c6aacffa06291384e52)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/cecead65d4b76c1921ad3e21_rw_1200.jpg?h=27a14206104835d4a11323f37d90ef67)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/0240a7b681a173e02334b102_rw_1200.jpg?h=f9b3dd4b8ef5f25c48806e72117ab80c)
Final Illustration
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/7c59e0bd90af3a113947ec92_rw_1200.jpg?h=f42667c2a9413505c5b0257c3369e712)
Illustration in-use. [I didn't design any packaging/graphic design/etc]
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/f708f69b4ebc627e4368ccea_rw_1200.jpg?h=bd170256ae738be4b1c1a56bf7f56119)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/63f2a5338bd450090aff83d4_rw_1200.jpg?h=da185d544c8ec60f31c2c60f0515aa98)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/d261efe0860201fa6f631043_rw_1200.jpg?h=97868fef35fca0bdea6d91e0cd5d6abf)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/1d3c65a8697cfd09f6237bf2_rw_1200.jpg?h=ea0f27c50218ed7ff1d95d8cc0bad2b8)
Extra [unused] renders
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/aea4515795efaa20d6876c87_rw_1200.jpg?h=2b59108db3698f7595d88ab51658f860)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/66564d0e238e85baa6b3b097_rw_1200.png?h=9d9691484bbd079ddbf4fd8793547eb8)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/101326e8905b698264c5168b_rw_1200.png?h=b040ca4b6bfa2b8b2e7699a268f9a71e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/ddc601435b1ba00747dd1186_rw_1200.png?h=1b272ba11de3ed38afbef2306baea7ce)
The band asked to see what the back-side looked like. Not much going on there..
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/321d3c4e3820daa060d09f01_rw_1200.jpg?h=ceaaa3e6cbfd1c24a696b5de55672e3a)