This picture of the Beatles sitting with baby doll parts in their hands is part of the research I did for making the Beatles collage which you can see below.
The album was recorded between 1965 and 1966 and was released on June 20, 1966.
In early 1966, photographer
Robert Whitaker had The Beatles in the studio for a
conceptual art piece entitled "A Somnambulant Adventure." For the shoot, Whitaker took a series of pictures of the group dressed in butcher smocks and draped with pieces of meat and body parts from plastic baby dolls. The group played along as they were tired of the usual photo shoots and the concept was compatible with their own "black humour"
. Although not originally intended as an album cover, The Beatles submitted photographs from the session for their promotional materials. According to a 2002 interview published in
Mojo magazine, former Capitol president
Alan W. Livingston stated that it was
Paul McCartney who pushed strongly for the photo's inclusion as the album cover, and that McCartney reportedly described it as "our comment on the
war". A photograph of the band smiling amid the mock carnage was used as promotional advertisements for the British release of the "
Paperback Writer" single. Also, a similar photograph from this shoot was used for the cover of the 11 June 1966 edition of the British music magazine
Disc.
This is a skateboard wheel magazine ad from 1989 with my friend Guy Mariano (the short kid). It reminds me of the old days of skating in and around Burbank, Ca.
This is my daughter Paige. She is really great. I took this picture at the apartment in Marina, Ca. Paige is holding a sippy cup. There is a chair, a couch and a refrigerator in the background. You can also see the dining room ceiling light. You can see outside light coming through the sliding back door.
This is my visual research for the week. I am reading this book called Bleachers. It is about a kid named Neely Crenshaw who was high school champion quarterback. He has returned to the field where he once reigned supreme and reunites with several old friends from the team. He and his friends are coming to terms with how their lives have turned out as well as the impending death of their coach.
This is a toy airplane that I had for a moment back in 2007. I flew it in a park in Pasadena, CA. It would turn due to the torque of the propeller so I modified the placement of the wing as you can see here. The plane flew much better in this configuration.
This is the magazine table of contents that I did for the Rotarian magazine. It is for May of this year. I used the fill with type function in InDesign. I used Helvetica and Bell Gothic Std for the text. The font size ranged from 6 points for the photographer credit to 36 points for the large page numbers.
This picture of the Beatles sitting with baby doll parts in their hands is part of the research I did for making the Beatles collage which you can see below.
This is a picture I took of my friend John Swift. We are at Lithia Park, and as you can see, John is sitting at the fountain. He has lost his shirt that he had tucked into his belt loop.
This is the paper craft template with my design included. The design is of Charlie Brown. The face I copied from the web. The I filled in the colors on the various parts. I drew the stripes on Chuck's shirt.
I made this collage of the Beatles. It has a bunch of different poses in it. I rotated several of the pictures to add motion to the picture. You can see the Abby Road cover is the background. 
