Everybody 8

So I make this mix CD every winter and summer and hand them out to worthy music fanatics. Just kidding I give them out to basically anyone. If you want one let me know. I said I'd send a lot out in the mail to all you out-of-towners, but please remind me. Here is the cover & tracklist I designed for the latest one.

Solitary Winter

Hello, I'm back. This winter has been weird. 

My roommate, Tim Hohn, is an awesome photographer. He and I were picking and choosing some of his photos that I could use for a collaboration. We chose a lot of rock formations and I started playing around with them.

It evolved from this compilation of four photos:

Into this:

If someone were to release an album called "Solitude", it would be great if they contacted me. I know just the cover to use.

Dear Design

It's been so long, I know. And I've been so tired. It's not that I don't love you, Design, it's my job. My new job is taking up a lot of my time. Design, please don't leave. Look, remember this? We made it. Together. Remember this summer when we made this?

Wasn't that fun? We were going to make this into a screen print, Design. You and me baby. We even made a second iteration, that we liked better. 

Since we both love sludge metal. Remember listening to metal music together, Design?

I know it's hard to get used to me being gone, Design. Don't think you're not always on my mind. How could I forget about you? I'll be trying to come around to visit you more often, darling Design.

You'll always be my one and only.

Please don't swear at me like that.

Foolish November

Hello ladies & gentlemen. This is a poster I designed for the Foolish Bastard crew of MPLS fame. The concert is sure to please, check it out Nov. 30th if you're in the dinkytown area. As per directions from 1990 himself, I went for a real "euro" vibe with a trashy spin.

Here's an inverse version:

 

 

A. Leo Collab 1

I recently had the proposition to collaborate with a photographer I know in Chicago. She was open to any interpretation that I could think of involving of her photos, so it has been a very open-ended & as-of-yet ongoing project.

This is a simple illustration I did of one of the photos she lent me:

I am playing around with creating a more photo-manipulation oriented piece using her photos as well, which I'll post at a later date.

Kids Music Swamp

I've been doing this design blog for a couple of months now. I've always wanted to do a music blog though. I made one up, called "Kids Music Swamp" (titled as such for reasons I can't recall,) that I will be tinkering around with in the coming months. Here's a logo I made for it:

 

Be sure to check it out in the near future for updates on the MPLS music scene.

Girl from the North Country

Beautiful things oft make interesting subjects for art. Overdone? Maybe. But I'm not complaining.