{"id":368,"date":"2007-07-17T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/?p=368"},"modified":"2022-10-17T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T17:20:00","slug":"methix-the-root-of-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/07\/17\/methix-the-root-of-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Methix &#8211; The Root of Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>For Methix&#8217; debut album, he asked for something with a hand-drawn feel, representing the subject matter of the title track, money and continuing themes throughout his first release.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the phrase; &#8216;money is the root of all evil&#8217; and playing on the idiom saying &#8216;money doesn&#8217;t grow on trees&#8217; coupled with trees having roots, I set about sketching out a few ideas before taking the version below forward to colour and add typography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-Sketch-884x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Methix The Root of Evil Cover Sketch\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-Sketch-884x1024.jpg 884w, https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-Sketch-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-Sketch-768x889.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-Sketch.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"Methix The Root of Evil Cover\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikhandson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Methix-TROE-1170x900-Cover.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Safe to say Methix was pretty happy with the result. 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