Tour art! Some you win, some you don’t.
stage backdrop-plantation
Part of what I do is help tour managers develop concepts. I’ve worked with some of the biggest bands in the world and the art I created never saw “the light of stage.” Above is my recent such piece. A really heavy band, not sure you call them metal, wanted this concept developed. This would have been a 56′x28′ backdrop. The windows would have been cut out for fire to shoot out of, etc… The band members decided that they wanted to go in a new direction so this piece will not go on tour.
I am posting this so that other artist/illustrators can see and know that this stuff happens. You can work on a piece for a month or so and forces that are our of your hands can change the course. You just have to roll with it. I try to look at the up side. I made a great connection with a new tour manager. More people in “the business” know who I am, that I’m easy to work with and that I work like a dog to get things done.
I would have loved to have had my art go on this tour but, my life is still good!