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Photograph of the published version of the big 3D mixed media marionette spread.

An old street map printed on watercolor paper and given a light coating of gouache paint.

A paper scrap saying "can you replace the animals?" in reference to Tony's mission to replace the scary animals of the parade with something funny. Pencil and ink on paper.

Brainstorming page featuring the text "FUNNY, COMICAL, MOVE". Pencil on paper

A page from an early dummy. Includes a sketch of the talking pencil, an early narrator, quoting Tony Sarg. In pencil, marker, and gouache paint on paper and computer printed photographs.

Concept art of a funny rating graph, with sketch. Ink and pencil on graph paper.

Ink on paper sketch of the word "HUMOR" glued to a cut-out sketch of a person with a hammer.

Concept sketch of a "funometer" drawn with ink on cardboard.

Ideas about "what's fun for a kid". Ink on graph paper.

Word list with sketch. Pencil on lined paper.

Brainstorming activity list starting with "I am not Tony Sarg". Ink on lined paper.

"A few facts" about the Macy's parade and Tony Sarg in ink on lined paper.

A list of "100 Questions for Tony Sarg" in ink on lined paper.

Notes and a sketch about "moments of humor". Ink on lined paper.

A list of "10 things about Tony Sarg" in pen on lined paper.

Notes on Tony Sarg's life, including his "2 doting grandmothers" that didn't make it into the finished book. Ink on paper.

Notes and brainstorming with chicken contraption sketch. Ink on paper.

A page of notes and questions in ink from one of Melissa Sweet's research notebooks.

A basic thumbnail sketch of Balloons Over Broadway in ink and marker on lined paper.

A timeline of Tony Sarg's life, in ink and spread across 4 pages that are taped together length-wise.

A sketch about humor in ink on paper.

Research notes about Sarg's chicken contraption in ink on graph paper.

Brainstorming page about Tony Sarg, including comparisons between him and sandwiches. Ink on graphing paper.

Dummy of pgs 8-9 in ink on paper, with cut-and-pasted printed text and a pencil note by Melissa Sweet.

Miniature dummy of page 8-9. Pencil on paper.

A hardcover dummy of pg 8-9 with a sticky note from Melissa Sweet's editor, Ann Rider. Constructed from cut and pasted copies of ink on paper.

A dummy of pg 8-9 with sticky notes by Melissa Sweet. Ink on tracing paper.

A dummy of pgs 8-9 in ink and marker on paper.

An early dummy of pg 8, including content that would eventually be on page 9. Printed cut-outs on paper, with marker. Editorial sticky notes from Melissa Sweet's editor, Ann Rider.

Page 14 of a spiral-bound biography by Tamara Hunt, with Melissa Sweet's notes.

Printed bio page with Melissa Sweet's notes.

Photograph of the published page, including a map of the parade route in the background.

Most of the finished art for pg 9. The numbered chicken contraption sketch was replaced with another version in digital editing. Gouache paint on paper, with sticky notes.

The finished art for chicken coop of pg 9 in crayon and marker on graph paper.

Painted and cut and pasted words and shapes intended to be digitally placed on the final art. Gouache paint, ink, printed, and cut-and-pasted elements.

Cut and pasted lined paper with a note reading "paper from the bottom of pg 30".

Original page of a 1933 newspaper advertisement of Macy's parade balloons.

A sketch of a puppet's humor guide in ink on tracing paper.

Photograph of the endpapers at the front of the published book, including Melissa Sweet's signature.

Printed picture of Tony Sarg with added accents by Melissa Sweet in gouache paint.

Concept sketch of the elephant balloon, painted with gouache paint over a computer-printed Good Year blimp on paper.

Sketch of the final cover design in ink and crayon on tracing paper.

Sketch featuring several balloons and Tony Sarg's thought process. Ink on tracing paper.

Sketch of the elephant with notes in ink on tracing paper.

Photograph of the published art of page 9.

The final art for the tall elephant balloon spread, in gouache paint on watercolor paper.

Brainstorming sketches, including many variations on the elephant balloon. Ink on tracing paper.

Photograph of the published art of the endpapers of the book.

Photograph of the published version of the credits page.

Photograph of the published version of the title page.

A draft of the elephant balloon in pencil and gouache paint on watercolor paper.

Short video of the mixed media spread

A draft of the elephant balloon in gouache paint on watercolor paper.

Draft of Tony Sarg's workshop with an elephant balloon in gouache paint on paper.

A cut-out marker and gouache paint image of an elephant balloon hovering high above a cut-and-pasted city.

Painted drafts of the elephant balloon in different positions. Gouache paint on watercolor paper.

Photograph of the author/illustrator, Melissa Sweet

Published page of the moment Tony Sarg begins to realize how to make the balloons work.

An early dummy page that explicitly introduced the idea of Tony Sarg's humor. Pen and pencil on paper, photograph.

Tribute to Melissa Sweet's studio and her art style

Picture of the jacket of Balloons Over Broadway

The final front cover of Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet