Ok, so these guys give me an old middle school yearbook. 

Everett (Johnny Redd of State Champs) opens it to a picture of him and Jason (Nick Arcade of the previously mentioned group) standing next to their project at some 6th grade science fair. I guess they've been friends forever. He says "draw this for the album cover!" and points at the dark, washed out photograph.

After a few sketches of the photo, I decided to try something else and sent them the early sketch for this gem. They liked it.

If your into process, you can see early stages of the illustration here, and here.