TIM YEAZELL’S PAGES: SONG DIGITAL COVER ART DESIGN
I started this project by creating a composite image in photoshop featuring the items as listed in the creative brief. I had a close up image of an open book with the artist name and song title in an inky blotted text, a toy top tilted on it’s side, and a small hour glass as well as two crumpled up pages torn from the open book. I finished it off with a graphic square frame and vignette. He liked the elements, but after seeing the rendered mockup had the second thought to make a larger scene featuring the items in a room in a more subtle manner. Initially I’d used a faded warm color scene, which, although it worked well with the folky rawness of the demo, didn’t represent the harder, darker edge the song had since adopted. I moved the book and other contents onto a table at the back of a room where it was adjacent to a window reflecting a bit of a foggy, rainy scene outside. As per client request, I also added an electric guitar to the other side of the table.
About Me
▶ I am a graphic artist and illustrator with a music design niche. As a musician myself, I am specifically able to translate aural art into visual design. I have over 16 years of experience working for musicians, artists, bands, record companies & publications. I attended art school at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois where I received a B. A. in Media Arts with a double emphasis in photography digital video. Likewise, I minored in communications with an emphasis in media studies. While in Chicago, I created web graphic design for the university library digital collection, mentored with Rolling Stones photographer Paul Natkin & freelanced for the Chicago Red Eye newspaper. After moving to New York City, I worked primarily in marketing, sales, promotion, social media, & design including as an artist-in-residence for the Antagonist Art movement & as a co-assistant manager at New York School of Rock. I like to think of myself as vintage/ lo-fi in style.
