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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
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
New album from Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning
I’m not someone who normally goes into hyper mode about these kind of things but this is one of the rare exceptions. Some of you may know that I’m a huge fan of Steven Wilson’s music and the man himself as an artist. So you can imagine how stoked I was about the official announcement of his new solo-album coming out. Another man who I think is a genius artist is Lasse Hoile, who’s a long-term collaborator responsible for all (or practically most of) the art for Steven Wilson. I find the duo simply remarkable for their art.
30
Jul
2011
Gazpacho – Inspirational in more than just their music
When I worked on this post I ended up writing about the music section of my blog to start with. That ‘starting text’ turned out to be quite large, so much in fact that I decided to just post it online as a whole item. So following up on that earlier post here’s a new blog item about another one of my favorite bands, namely: Gazpacho.
21
Jul
2011
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