A "Throwback Thursday" first! This time lapse video shows me and my New York Academy of Art pals working with artist Liu Bolin to execute his vision for Bon Jovi's What About Now album cover. Thanks to my awesome artist buddy Elizabeth Misitano of Klein Sun Gallery, Emily Slapin Lufkin, Nicolas V. Sanchez, Dave Wagner, Mitchell Martinez, Tina Ryan-Kleid, Mei Ge, Sarah Crumlich and I had a blast camouflaging the Bon Jovi band members into the background design using a little acrylic paint and a lot of color-matching skills. Tina and I teamed up to make drummer Tico Torres "disappear" into the background... See if you can spot him in the finished album cover below!
Posing with the band after wrapping up the photos. Top row (from left): Diana Corvelle, Nicolas V. Sanchez, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, Mitchell Martinez, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Emily Slapin Lufkin and Mei Ge. Bottom row (from left): Dave Wagner, Elizabeth Misitano, Tina Ryan-Kleid and Sarah Crumlich.
Finished! Can you spot (from left) Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and David Bryan?