{"id":241,"date":"2012-05-27T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T14:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathrynhockey.com\/wp\/?p=241"},"modified":"2013-05-20T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T10:10:47","slug":"mr-groovy-and-the-blue-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathrynhockey.com\/wp\/mr-groovy-and-the-blue-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Groovy and the Blue Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kathrynhockey.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mr-Groovy-and-the-Blue-Heads-Jauja-CD-cover-resize.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Mr Groovy and the Blue Heads<\/p>\n<p>I was commissioned to illustrate the cover for \u2018Jauja\u2019 the new CD by local blues band <a title=\"Mr Groovy and the Blue Heads\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mistergroovyandtheblueheads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Groovy and the Blue Heads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They wanted a New Orleans-voodoo feel but in Andalucia, so I chose C\u00e1diz as the backdrop and represented the band as skulls on sticks, designing the text from scratch.<a href=\"http:\/\/kathrynhockey.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mr-Groovy-and-the-Blue-Heads-Jauja-CD-cover-resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Mr-Groovy-and-the-Blue-Heads-Jauja-CD-cover-resize\" src=\"http:\/\/kathrynhockey.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mr-Groovy-and-the-Blue-Heads-Jauja-CD-cover-resize-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Jauja CD cover design for Mr Groovy and the Blue Heads by Kathryn Hockey\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The image was first drawn in pencil then in ink, painted with gouache and then scanned and digitally manipulated to give it more oomph.<\/p>\n<p>The cover has had a great reception from the band and their fans, some of whom have pre-empted the band and used the design to have their own t-shirts made. 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