Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a dark musical about a crazed barber set on revenge. He murders his customers while shaving them, and to hide the evidence, he bakes his victims into meat pies.
One thing I noted is the vast number of symbols associated with all the themes of a barbershop, baking and murder, which really lend themselves to interesting visual combinations.
My final design (above) combines the image of a meat pie with the screaming face of one of Sweeney Todd's victims. Steam rises from the pie's mouth and reveals the title of the musical. It also doubles as a speech bubble, with the victim seeming to speak the name of their murderer.
Texture and stylization were a huge challenge for me in this illustration, but I tried different methods until I found one that worked the best.
Brainstorming
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