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I drew the cover to this week's
Riverfront Times, and it features beloved local radio mascot,
KSHE's Sweet Meat.
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And if there's anything I love more than cute/weird corporate mascots it's REAL ROCK RADIO. KSHE just published a coffee table
book documenting classic St. Louis rock history and this drawing is documenting that. Here was my idea:
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And a tighter sketch:
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And the final drawing, after simplifying the scene a bit. That is an autographed picture of Sammy Hagar on the mantle.
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Here's how I colored the drawing initially, sticking to a muted nostalgic scrabook vibe:
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I like the more festive final colors better, but I don't like that Sweet Meat's white ear-hairs somehow got lost along the way. SIGH. If anybody was curious about that little drawing inside the scrabook, it's this legendary piece of St. Louis-related Classic Rock Memorabilia:
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Thanks, Sweet Meat!