I'm starting my work on a trilogy of designs I've been thinking about lately, each of which is directly inspired by the novels of Kurt Vonnegut. The first one is a nod to the painting style of Rabo Karabekian (from Bluebeard and Breakfast of Champions). This is the sketch.



I've got the other two designs pretty well conceptualized in my head, but for this first one I'm still unsure if I'm going to include a bunch of stuff from the books (a kid on the sidewalk making a cat's cradle with string, a billboard that says "No More Blue Mondays" in the background, etc.,), OR if that would make it too busy so I should just let it be about the vertical beams of light emanating from the souls of the living things on the sidewalk (the main point of the shirt).

Any thoughts are welcomed.