N’we Jinan Records got in touch to create a cover and various promotional assets for Siibii‘s single “Nightmare”. They supplied the image below along with a link to the song’s music video for inspiration. To tie the image in with the feel of the song, I felt it needed to have a darker, grungier look […]
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Mattmac Tour 2023 Promotion
Mattmac kicked off 2023, a few months after the successful release of his album, “Blurred Visions” by announcing several dates for his tour at the start of the year. Supplied with an image of the Manitoba musician, I was once again given free reign over the creative direction. I was after a bold, contemporary look […]
N’we Jinan Mobile Studio Tour 2022
For the first time in 3 years, the N’we Jinan mobile production studio tour is back to inspire young creative indigenous Canadian voices as they learn the art of music production, and collaborate with their peers to write original songs and create professionally produced music videos. Using supplied copy and imagery, I set about creating […]
NHale – Best In Me
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Mattmac – 20/20
Blind music producer and recording artist Mattmac has harnessed his melodic pop-trap beats and inspiring story, quickly establishing himself as ‘one to watch’ on the Canadian national scene with his debut album, 20/20. Mattmac’s premiere release features poppy vocals combined with hard-hitting trap beats, and thoughtfully honest lyrics that give listeners a glimpse into the […]