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Hairball Art—Concept to Completion

Jeff came up with the title for the album—Schrödinger’s Hairball. We knew we wanted Beckett Gladney design and illustrate the cover. That being set, the pressing issue was what should the cover be about?

The most obvious elements are a box and a cat, which might be expected, in the normal course of events, to produce a hairball. One night we supped in a very nice Italian restaurant in San Francisco with our entire family. There was a paper tablecloth which, naturally, some members of the Bohnhoff-Saraccino clan felt compelled to fill with drawings. Jeff and I were discussing the album cover when I said, “What if the cover had us, and a box, and a cat in the process of producing the titular hairball?” (Okay, I actually said, “hocking up a hairball,” but you get the idea.)

I got out a pencil and scribbled a quick cartoon on the paper table cloth. It stuck. I took a photo of the drawing and sent it to Beckett. That was the concept sketch. The gallery below shows the progression of the artwork for this study in ambiguity.

Maya’s Original tablecloth sketch
Step 1: Select Cat. Is it this one?
Or is it this one?

Fine-tuned cat sketch
From the interior: another take on the cat
The final disc image

Beckett’s final b/w front cover sketch
The final color cover image
Beckett’s sketch of the layout

The final color layout

What We Said…

  • We are musical Guests of Honor at Westercon 2020 in Seattle!
  • Jeff’s First Worldcon Concert Report
  • From Concept to Completion – Schrödinger’s Hairball Art
  • Look What Turned Up On Our Doorstep!
  • The Truth Behind Schrödinger’s Hairball

What You Said…

  • MoFilker on We are musical Guests of Honor at Westercon 2020 in Seattle!
  • Maya Bohnhoff on New Bohnhoff Parody Album in Progress
  • Ron Oakes on New Bohnhoff Parody Album in Progress
  • Mary Crowell DMA on The Many Faces of Jeff & Maya
  • Ronald L. Keene on About Us

Other Places We Say Things

  • Jeff’s Blog: Mystic Fig Studios
  • Maya’s Blog: Making Reality Behave

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