Clockwork continued

I developed the design featuring the screen on the back cover, and while I think it makes for a nice back on its own, the entire wrap around doesn't really work.

I decided to go back to thumb nailing for the whole spread and decided including the chair Alex is strapped to on the back might be a nice way to get to disconnected illustrations to relate:

When I tried to arrange the chair on the back like in the thumbnails, the composition still didn't work. I put the chair on the front though and thought it looked good:

Less is more.

This also allowed me to maintain the original typographic layout for the back cover. Even though I really like the portrait I drew, I think I'll have to put it away for something else. Will take a short break from this project but keep trying to refine it.