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Trudger Dormiveglia | 2014

When you’re asked to do an album artwork that involves a Muskox you don’t hesitate to say “Yes”. And much less when it’s for, the incredibly talented, Trudger debut album.

Old Skin :Consume: | 2014

Was given the privelage to design the one year mark for Old Skin in the form of :Consume: a 2 song EP. But with a twist were it would only be available to stream/purchase from the band for one week only with a limited 100 physical copies. Each one nicely packaged and wrapped in screen printed flag.

Let It Die | 2014

Had the honour of designing this piece for Let It Die following the release of their Split EP with Monolithian. Taking the lyrics from the track Torture and giving them life.

COF The Grim & The Templar | 2014

Was approached by Church of Fuck records to do an illustration for a limited run of shirt. Inspiration was brought on by their new identity which appropriates the imagery of the malicious demon Andras, the one who rides the horrid and vicious black dog.

Old Skin Swordcharmer | 2014

Second merch design for Old Skin taking reference to their song Swordcharmer.

Nø Studio | 2013

Mysterious Guy PR | 2013

Mysterious Guy PR is John Consterdine, a former Terrorizer Magazine staff member, who decided to take on the world of music PR. Dedicated to the more "clandestine and unusual strains of hardcore and extreme metal". Which gave birth to a clean and slightly ambiguous acronym logo/identity.

V Revolution Hail Seitan | 2013

V Revolution is one of the major vegan cafés located in Manchester that is constantly gaining popularity in the community. It offers amazing 100% vegan junk food that is just divine and mouth watering with their towering burgers. Also the go to location for the hardcore/punk/metal community to find out about shows or even pick up some records. So the owner approached me to create a shirt design that brought out not only the vegan side of things but with a darker vibe to it that would appeal to the underground music scene. And with the two words Hail Seitan this veggie/vegan sacrificial séance was conjured.

in order of appearance final design (pocket print), final design (back print), final product (pocket print crewneck version), final product (back print crewneck version), final product (back print detail crewneck version) & design mock up (shirt version)

Old Skin Dire Steed | 2013

Old Skin with the launch of the Mære EP needed an extra piece of merch to offer fans. So with the inspiration of the lyrics dire steed in me found in the song Foolish//Fires gave birth to this dark rider.

Old Skin Record Release | 2013

Old Skin Mære | 2013

Old Skin’s first release came in the form of the brutal Mære EP. The release’s story telling instrumental and on-going lyrical theme about sleep paralysis as well as all the myth and folklore around it gave fruit to what you see now. The main influence for the final artwork was deeply towards The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli which was given by the band as a reference. So with that I took into account the abstract story within the songs and the Hag which is said to appear when one is under sleep paralysis, including the strong symbolic image of the horse to create the main cover piece. Then with the layout the type work was given a very clean and solid structure.

Capsize Live A Burden Die A Curse | 2013

This piece was a simple straight forward accompaniment for the already created artwork for Capsize’s debut release on Anchors Aweigh Records. Which included designing the lyric sheet layout as well as the vinyl labels.

above final design (lyric sheet front) | middle final design (lyric sheet back) | below final product (vinyl label & lyric sheet)

Swing Dance Collective | 2013

The Swing Dance Collective are a collective based around music, art & film. Promoting events and art forms focusing more around music videos and gig promotion. Such as this event I was asked to create a poster design for. Main desires from them was that it was clean, minimalistic and monochromatic having just black & white. So I delve into this very simple yet intricate way of wanting to make the final piece completely legible from every angle possible. 

No Omega/Capsize Tour | 2013

With plans to take on the US once again this time with No Omega by Capsize’s side this announcement poster was created. With identifying images of each band converging into one.

Old Skin | 2013

So when it came to create a symbol for Old Skin it naturally revolved around the band name. With my interpretation it took influence from the hourglass and the notion/symbol of infinity, time in general. Hence it’s representation having similarities with these. This image not only has these characteristics but also has the band’s initials incorporated in the way it’s draw. With the letter S being the hourglass/vertical infinity symbol, then became intrigued on how it gave of even more symbolism of time when inserting the letter O, since the circle is a big representation of cycle.

Capsize/Brave Coast Tour | 2013