TOTO XX ARTWORK
Brian Peterson, from WorldWest Communications, designed the artwork for => "Toto XX"":
"This is a cd of collected tracks from over the years. I thought it would be good to collect images from the past 20 years and lay them out in a loose timeline.
The base of the illustration is a multicolored and
weathered (read - passing of time} wooden wall. Most of the items shown are
ficticious. I created the 8-track, the IV tour pass, the matchbook, the
paperback, the yellow 45, the toy bus, the Whiskey-a-go-go flier, the
polaroid, the Seventh one pin etc.. all in Photoshop.
The collage is completely digital. The band sent me a box of tour books and other odds and
ends as a starting point but with Photoshop I can create a sort of
hyper-reality where everything is in sharp focus. As for the cover, the
normal process of designing an album package starts with just the covers.
We showed them many different designs and the drum texture was one of them.
We actually balanced a bongo drum on my flatbed scanner! It came out good.
Illustrator Magdy Rizk created the cover logo. I came up with the timeline idea after that. Obviously, the group shot is made up of several different pictures. It's the only element I'm not happy with, too many different light sources and perspectives."