Every extra design that’s fit to digitally print.
BONUS Design Sample: Digital Album Thumbnail for Digital Distribution and iTunes
One. More. Design. My good friend Alex Castaneda is a Chicago-based producer of house music. Here I designed the main graphic for Alex’s 74-minute “Navigated” house mix which begins with a familiar CTA train announcement.
Occasionally he’ll hit me up for some designs or artist referrals. I connected him with a friend to work out photography ideas, the monumentally talented Simon Rubinstein. Simon executed his website and album photography, which are highlighted in these downtown Chicago bridge shots below. I designed the typography and layout concepts for Alex’s record label, which he approved.
Hear Alex’s music: brickyardmusic.com
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Concept #1.
Closer
Not That "Closer"!
Side Note: My favorite designer Peter Saville designed Joy Division’s final album (as well as all New Order albums). I’m continually seeking his sleek simplicity in every project I tackle.
Final Website Branding
Album Cover Final Draft
Yves Klein Blue on Window Pane No. 17
Why No. 17? Well, it’s Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen’s MVP season when I made this, and No. 2 was taken.
Been bleeding Bills blue (and red) lately. Also, while visiting Buffalo, I saw Yves Klein’s copyrighted blue hue in yet another exhibit. It’s almost cliché this intense, otherworldly color is in every other modern art museum.
Now it’s on my wall. For now.
Also, the Color Comes from Lazuli
Basically, this is just a favorite color and I wanted to see how it would work on a window pane I found in the alley.
In the process of making it, I found the connection between one of my favorite 2010s synth pop songs by the band Beach House called "Lazuli.” That song refers to the pigment found also in International Klein Blue.
Alas, I missed a warning when making this art that International Klein Blue is impossible to replicate:
Warning: Distrust all reproductions of IKB paintings. International Klein Blue is a stark, intense blue, without any hint of green, purple or grey. The visual effect of IKB cannot be reproduced on screens or in print; it must be experienced "in the flesh".
Full Disclosure
I never say “I’m an artist” and this was more of a design experiment. To be honest, this is my No. 1 attempt at making a piece of art in eons.
References:
radicalart.info/nothing/space/klein/blue.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarine
