Freelance graphic designer / visual artist - Maarten Kleyne

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Trends in cover art – CD covers and originality

I label myself as a designer for music, with a preference for cover art, so I figured it would be nice if I’d write more on-topic about that on my blog. After writing my previous post I thought: “It’s relevant and I like it, so why not write more about it?” So I’m just going to. I’ll try figuring out several approaches on how to write more about CD design and this is the first of a few subjects I will be delving into: trends in cover art.

25 Jan
2012

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Venting my thoughts on cover art

Here’s my opinion about cover art, which is based on my personal thoughts on the subject as well as my ambitions as a designer for music. I have to admit that these thoughts aren’t entirely my own. There are musicians (mostly Steven Wilson) who have influenced my way of thinking over the past few years, so you could say that I adopted their beliefs. They shook me and made me think, they made me shape my opinion and it became something I firmly stand for. It even formed my ambitions as a designer for music.

06 Jan
2012

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Ambitions – The one I did not make

Two days ago I posted a message on my Twitter and some other channels about having a moment of fulfillment; since I’ve crossed off all but one of my ambitions from the list for 2011. That raised the question from a few people about what that one ambitions was that I didn’t achieve. I was actually quite surprised to see that of every ambition on that list the only one people asked me about was the one which I didn’t achieve. (I guess that’s also due to how I phrased the message.)

30 Dec
2011

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Massive street art – The work of Aryz

Here’s another inspirational street artist with jaw-dropping work you definitely must see. The term massive can be taken quite literally when it comes to the artworks of Aryz, a lot of it is freaking huge. This gifted street artist enhances the look of structures all over the world and the his work is astonishing to see. This post contains some previews of Aryz’s work.

21 Dec
2011

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Confessing about what I have done for Universal

A lot of design agencies and freelancers have done work for major brands at some point in their career, brands such as: Nike, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Rabobank, Universal and so forth. More than often though I can’t figure out what it is that the person or agency has done for said client(s). In my opinion; the brand on itself isn’t that interesting, the work that is made for it is.

14 Dec
2011

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Freelance graphic designer / visual artist - Maarten Kleyne

Rob Mostert (Digisleeve/vinyl album designs)

Petra Berger (Tour poster, flyer and album artwork)

Andrew Danso – Find (Album artwork/CD design)

L Rock (Album design)

Transmogrify (Heartsurge Exhibition – Awakening)

CD design concepts

Devenz (corporate identity)

Forerunner (cd design)

Blue Hat Thinking (cd design)

Crossing the Rubicon

Delusion (Exposition artwork)

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From the blog:

Trends in cover art – CD covers and originality

Venting my thoughts on cover art

Ambitions – The one I did not make

Massive street art – The work of Aryz

Confessing about what I have done for Universal