This was a project I was pretty excited about. I got complete creative freedom to do a gig print for American Dinosaur. I had recently been admiring old goosebumps book covers. I thought it would be cool to do something reminiscent of the goosebumps book “Egg Monsters From Mars,” except with dinosaur eggs. I used that as my inspiration and later came up with the idea that the crack in the egg could be shaped like the United States.

After listening to the band for some time I thought that the image was a little to harsh for their sound. Many of their songs have a soft, dream-like quality to them. I thought it would be neat to cover the sky in a surrealistic haze to soften the image and add an element of mystery to the image. I also liked the idea of the image being cropped by a frame to give it the impression that you are viewing this world the same way the baby dinosaur is viewing it. I love the way it came out, and how the eye in the middle of the foreground draws the viewer in.