My next task was working out exactly how all of those faces were going to fit together in one drawing.
			I already had the sketch I had started out with, of course, but it needed fine-tuning!
		There was also a special twist to think about while drawing this picture. Although the upper-left-hand corner of my crowd scene would be hidden by rectangular panels on the front of the book's original hardcover edition, I suspected that occasions might arise in time when I'd want to present readers with a complete frame filled with faces. Allowing for that possibility meant planning a drawing that would make "design sense" when seen both as a straightforward picture and as a picture with one corner blocked from view. So I relegated a few of the story's less central characters to a "B-list" of faces (see below) that might eventually be seen by some viewers but that would not be severely missed by those viewers who never saw them at all or even suspected that they ever existed as part of the artwork.

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		Material from Stuck Rubber Baby ©1995 by Howard Cruse Previously unpublished sketches and visuals ©1998 by Howard Cruse Stuck Rubber Baby is a trademark of Paradox Press