Video: Behind The Scenes Of Childish Gambino's "Royalty" Artwork

A lot of thought went into this.

ByZach Frydenlund

September 26, 2012

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Childish Gambino's latest mixtape, Royalty, and its singles featured some very creative artwork inspired by Norman Rockwell. In this clip, artist Sam Spratt explains the ideas behind coming up with such a creative template for this project. Watch the video above.

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