CD Cover

This was a CD and Web cover for Hughy ...an idea he had originally back in the early 90's.  It went through few changes along the way.  Check out his web site for more...http://www.strangehues.com/index.htm 

The idea was about a man plugging into his machine Matrix style but way before Matrix...

I am still learning the tools for painting obviously but am seeing improvement.....give me another 11 years :)

 Earlier version...we liked the background, but the face is looking a little to old and the cap and wires stand out to much ...

 

An earlier rough seemed to catch the direction and sometimes adding detail actually hurts the image...at this stage I am playing with textures, gestures and color in a very preliminary comp.

 A different comp with a very subtle figure in the background and more of a head gear on top...still I liked the rough and crude brush strokes I was getting but the head gear got away from me....

 This was the original sketch done in Hugh's apartment in Jackson back in 1990 ish. Man that was a small apartment...and a long time ago....