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THIS IS A SIMPLE EXERCISE I COMPLETED AS AN ODE TO THREE SONGS I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO LAST SUMMER. WHAT STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS, WAS HOW ICONIC THESE SINGLES WERE, BUT THE SINGLE COVERS NOT SO MUCH. “ABRACADABRA” BY LADY GAGA DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE ONE, AND “PUSH THE BUTTON” BY SUGABABES AND “I'M A SLAVE 4 U” WERE PHOTO-HEAVY, AND I FOUND THE DESIGN TOO SIMPLE FOR HOW ADVANCED THE MUSIC WAS. I TOOK THIS MISSION ON MYSELF, PUTTING A LITTLE EXTRA LOVE INTO THESE SINGLE COVERS.
SINGLE COVER ART
PROJECT 007: MUSIC VISUALS, ART DIRECTION
SINGLE COVER ART
THIS IS A SIMPLE EXERCISE I COMPLETED AS AN ODE TO THREE SONGS I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO LAST SUMMER. WHAT STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS, WAS HOW ICONIC THESE SINGLES WERE, BUT THE SINGLE COVERS NOT SO MUCH. “ABRACADABRA” BY LADY GAGA DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE ONE, AND “PUSH THE BUTTON” BY SUGABABES AND “I'M A SLAVE 4 U” WERE PHOTO-HEAVY, AND I FOUND THE DESIGN TOO SIMPLE FOR HOW ADVANCED THE MUSIC WAS. I TOOK THIS MISSION ON MYSELF, PUTTING A LITTLE EXTRA LOVE INTO THESE SINGLE COVERS.
Overview:
Art Direction:
WHILE THESE THREE SONGS ARE DIFFERENT, THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE SAME OVERALL VISUAL STRATEGY. THE DESIGN CHALLENGE I TOOK ON WAS IN MAKING THE SONG TITLES LOOK LIKE REAL ASPECTS OF THE PHOTOS AS OPPOSED TO OVERLAID TEXT. I FOUND CHALLENGES IN MAKING THE WORD “ABRACADABRA” LOOK LIKE A LIGHT, OR “PUSH THE BUTTON” LIKE A TICKERING NEON SIGN. THESE THREE PIECES REALLY CAME TOGETHER COHESIVELY, AND HAVE TAUGHT ME NEW SKILLS AS I TAKE ON ALBUM ART FURTHER.
BRODY LYONS