The Music of Michel Legrand - physical album

Design and illustrations for 'The Music of Michel Legrand' album artwork. The album features music written and conducted by Legrand including works from the 1964 French film 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg'' (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), which is essentially a musical love story whereby one of leading love interests in the film works in an umbrella boutique…










This album can be purchased from Silva Screen Records

CD Singles artwork concepts for Danny & The Champs

Single CD release concept artwork for Danny & The Champions Of The World, using tattoo styles as a theme. The first single "Heart & Arrow" has a far more 'dirty' rock & roll look to it while the second, rather wordy, single "You Don't Know (My Heart Is In The Right Place)" is more in keeping with the band's front man's interest in the style of Sailor Jerry tattoos. Both designs started off as hand drawn studies before being put through Illustrator and Photoshop to create the final outcomes.

The album, from which these two songs are off of, is available to download on iTunes and purchase physically on Amazon.

Film Music of Hans Zimmer Vol.2 - physical album

'Film Music of Hans Zimmer Vol.2' is a two disc compilation of some of Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer's finest film scores. From the unhinged strings of The Dark Knight to dream-state arrangements from Inception.

It is the visuals from Inception that inspired the design of this album artwork, drawing on the themes of building vast, maze-like landscapes and complex impossible patterns mirroring the intricate networks of the mind, with a very German-industrial-architectural-angular feel to it.

The maze background itself started out as a 2D repeat pattern before being rendered into 3D in Illustrator, while the 3D block text was again created first in 2D as a maze-like typeface (which gave me a headache) before again being converted into it's 3D perspective and then photoshopped to look like it was rising out of the surface of the maze like skyscrapers towering above a city street level.

The physical album is available for purchase via Silva Screen Records and Amazon UK

You can also download the album via iTunes which comes with a digital booklet of the artwork (not as fun though is it)!

Great British TV Themes - physical album

'Great British TV Themes' is a two disc compilation of some of the most memorable and catchy (albeit annoying) theme tunes from some of finest television shows from the 50's all the way through to the 00's. Included in the track listings are the likes of soaps (EastEnders, Coronation Street); Sci Fi (UFO, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf); Drama series (The Bill, Casualty, The Sweeney); game shows (Countdown, Blockbusters, The Crystal Maze) and of course comedy (Only Fools and Horses, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python etc...) plus many more (54 tracks in total)!

The design therefore had to be quite colourful and striking, reflecting on the quirky nature of some of these retro television shows.

This physical release is available at Silva Screen Records and Amazon UK

The Music of James Horner - physical album

Here is the final, finished product, "The Music of James Horner Performed By The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra". I created the album cover with an Avatar-esque feel to it (one of the more recent films Horner has scored), which I then transferred across the rest of the album design including an eight page booklet, back inlay and disk graphics. This Silva Screen Records release is available to purchase from May 16th 2011 but you can pre-order it online now from the following sites; Silva Screen Records / Amazon UK / HMV / Play.com / Zavvi

Update:
It is now also available to download from iTunes

Soundtrack album cover designs

CD cover designs for Silva Screen Records. The album is a collection of James Horner's soundtrack work performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The artwork draws heavily on the theme of the composer's most recent work, Avatar, using familiar colours and floating bioluminescent shapes and organisms in comparison to the mystical alien world in James Cameron's film. The 'eywa seed' also mirrors a classical string instrument, like a harp.

Some of the other films that James Horner has scored include Apollo 13, Cocoon, Aliens, Deep Impact, *Batteries Not Included and Titanic!

I'll post the final outcomes of this project once finished and printed.

Font Aid V: Made For Japan

'Font Aid V: Made For Japan' is a collaborative design community project which aims to help raise funds for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck on 11th March 2011.

My first glyph design is a representation of the scale 9 Earthquake that devastated Japan, fracturing the country and leaving it to be pieced back together through aid and support.

While the second glyph hints at the Tsunami and the dramatic effect it had inland, while also communicating hope as the Eastern Sun rises once again over the waves and horizon.

Combined together these two glyph designs form "9.0" (the magnitude of the event), portraying both the severity and aftermath of the situation, yet also expressing optimism and hope for Japan in the future.

Please donate here: Red Cross

Patterns of Power ident #1

A brief ident animation for the "Patterns of Power" logo I designed. The logo and graphic symbols felt like they would translate well into motion graphics, so I thought I'd have a bit of an experiment in Flash and then finished it off by composing 'a little something' in GarageBand. Enjoy!

Patterns of Power logo - further developed / final

After long deliberation I decided to take another stab at the identity for 'Patterns of Power'. I felt the last design attempt was a little flawed i.e. a bit rushed, not very modern, 2 dimensional in terms of how it worked as a stand alone logo, plus it almost reads 'poop' at a quick glance (which is never good)! So with a bit more focus and some further understanding of what I actually wanted to achieve, I present the above identity.

The aim of the website it will predominantly feature on, is to showcase both colourful patterns and illustrative shapes, and to also communicate facts and information through stylised infographics and visual data, which I feel this logo is far more representative of. Maybe I can sleep at night now!

'Patterns of Power' identity

'Patterns of Power' is a personal project I am working on at the moment, it will essentially be an online resources website showcasing artwork of repeat patterns, symbols and icon designs created by me in my spare time. Inspired by tribal art, the website will aim to raise awareness of indigenous cultures found throughout the world, highlighting current issues and problems they face. Available on the site will be free desktop, tablet and mobile phone wallpaper downloads, an online gallery and shop (of which, a portion of sale profits will be donated to survivalinternational.org). With these points in mind I wanted the identity to incorporate the repeat pattern/ancient tribal theme, but also look modern and work well across a range of digital media. The result above has been designed to take on a variety of dynamic forms, sometimes as a stand alone logo, a full on repeat pattern, or even as an app/online icon.