NHale, son of the legendary Nate Dogg released his “Prince of the Westside” album in early September 2022. The first track on the release, “Best In Me” really caught my attention as a dedication to his father, stories of growing up and sampling “Nobody Does It Better”, one of many iconic songs from Nate Dogg’s […]
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Mattmac – Blurred Visions
For Mattmac’s second album, his music would talk about growing up on the ‘Rez’ (reservation) in Manitoba, Canada… smoking, money and girls. I was sent a few images to work with and decided to go with a scratched, old photo/negatives type look, for the front cover blending images of Mattmac in his bedroom and in […]
N’we Jinan Artists – Rebellion
As part of the N’we Jinan / InPath programme who help native Canadian youth in the arts, I was commissioned to create artwork for “Rebellion”, a song written and performed by a group of students from the Kitigan Zibi Kikinamadinan School, in Kitigan Zibi, Quebec. Supplied with the above image, I sought to give the […]
N’we Jinan ArtWorks Showcase 2022
In order to promote the N’we Jinan ArtWorks showcase concert, inPath got in touch to make use of my design skills in creating a poster featuring the various musicians performing at the event. Inspired by various contemporary graphics I’d been subjected to at the time by targeted social media adverts, promoting Photoshop courses and tutorials… […]
N’we Jinan Artists – We Are Strong
As part of the N’we Jinan / InPath programme who help native Canadian youth in the arts, I was commissioned to create artwork for a group from Fishing Lake Metis Settlement for their song “We Are Strong”. With no art direction for this project, and without hearing the song first, I cut out the kids […]
Mattmac X Caid Jones – Run It
Here’s artwork I created for Mattmac’s single, Run It featuring Caid Jones. Their record label asked for creative with a black light / night glow / light streaks look to it using the supplied images below. I set about grabbing various royalty free textures and effects to give the impression of movement and to tie […]
Hazely Portrait
When working on the artwork for Hazely’s debut album, “All Good Things” I was asked to create a stylised portrait illustration for the cover for one of the concepts. Taking the original photo below, I would set about creating vector strokes and layers, building up the layers before recolouring different variations.
Tes Brand Guidelines 2021
Part of my role as Head of Design at Tes, a global software and services provider for the education sector, was to develop and evolve their brand guidelines. Below are examples from the 80 page brand guidelines document showing all of the usual content you’d expect, such as usage of logos, fonts, colours and the […]
ToyHax Reprolabels for Earth Rise Prowl
ToyHax (formerly known as ReproLabels) are a company producing top quality reproduction stickers, as well as stages and accessories for collectable figures (mainly Transformers). Their sets are available for not only vintage releases, helping collectors restore their figures to their former glory… but also the latest lines as the likes of Transformers are constantly evolving. […]
Angel Baribeau – Wish We Were Older
For Angel Baribeau’s single, “Wish We Were Older” taken from her debut release “For Those I Love(d)” she asked for a retro look using neon, cyan-coloured typography across the artwork for the song and video promotion. I was supplied with an image of the defiant-looking Angel for the single cover, along with a still from […]