January 17, 2012
One of the perks of my job is that I'm privy to things like receiving an advance copy of an album from one of my long time favourite musicians, Kathleen Edwards. This album is a bit of a shift from her last few in that's she's expanding her sound, which also means there's an opportunity to go in a different direction with album art. The album is called Voyageur and everything about the album is perfectly linked conceptually as if it were some sort of musical version of a survivor's guidebook.
On a personal note, I really love the title and art for this album because right in the middle of working on it I was on my own voyage into fatherhood. The artwork serves as a mental snap shot of one of the things I had going on the moment my life changed.
Here's some of the sketches at various stages of the project.
Below are a few of the final paintings. During the early phase, we were thinking that the rowboat would be the cover image, hence the extra colour option. Ultimately, the Great Lakes illo ended up being the main cover and the whole package was designed by Jud Haynes. More pics soon.
One of the perks of my job is that I'm privy to things like receiving an advance copy of an album from one of my long time favourite musicians, Kathleen Edwards. This album is a bit of a shift from her last few in that's she's expanding her sound, which also means there's an opportunity to go in a different direction with album art. The album is called Voyageur and everything about the album is perfectly linked conceptually as if it were some sort of musical version of a survivor's guidebook.
On a personal note, I really love the title and art for this album because right in the middle of working on it I was on my own voyage into fatherhood. The artwork serves as a mental snap shot of one of the things I had going on the moment my life changed.
Here's some of the sketches at various stages of the project.
Below are a few of the final paintings. During the early phase, we were thinking that the rowboat would be the cover image, hence the extra colour option. Ultimately, the Great Lakes illo ended up being the main cover and the whole package was designed by Jud Haynes. More pics soon.