So above are other pieces done for Infernale. The first one was actually just a trial image I did for the Malcolm Doggett EP, before I had actually done the packaging art. It was the first time I did the whole communist propaganda look... I like to think I did a pretty good job. It's actually far more detailed than the sleeve I did, but I found the sleeve took me longer just due to wanting to have more free space, so it involved a lot of precision in regards to positioning.
The second image is one of two designs for a Malcolm Doggett EP T-Shirt that will be printed. The other design I haven't bothered to put up, as it is literally just the inner sleeve image printed in black on a white shirt, so yeah...
And the third is another T-Shirt design that I came up with for the third track on the EP, entitled 'Judoon! Attack!'. Make what you will of the title and lyrics. Really simple design, and quite possibly will be redone for the sake of sizing and quality, but I like it. It will just be a large print taking up the majority of the front of a T-Shirt. Traditional Infernale logo is most likely to be printed over the back shoulders of the shirt with the song title written underneath, and possibly the traditional logo again on the sleeve. This will be one of five shirts, each being dedicated to a particular track off the EP. There will be no recurring theme of communism on these shirts (spite the title of track 2).
This is the first design of a planned four 3-track releases by my new project She. As of yet this is nothing more than a project in my mind, of which I've had plenty of before, but I'm determined to get this off the ground as it will be a chance to explore multiple avenues of music without restriction.
Originally I was going to do only one EP (which I have written), but I wanted to get together a portfolio of designs I had done, and thus needed to make some designs. I had a few concepts for some CD Sleeves, but had no bands to give them to. Originally I thought I could just create some fake bands, but I liked the concept of these sleeves too much to let them go to waste (especially the punk/hardcore EP, entitled 'A Brett Ratner Film'. You'll see...), so I decided it could be a cool way of introducing She, especially considering the different styles that will be performed on each release. Out of the four EP's, this one will be the more Electronic/Drum&Bass/Trip-Hop release out of them all. Don't ask where these songs titles came from. I was younger when I came up with them, and they were just sitting there... I needed text to complete the design.
Now, these you won't see these anywhere outside of the
Sham Mirrors Myspace, as this is a defunct project now. This was the band that ultimately killed Infernale a year ago, as it was just us four members doing an entirely new project more in the vain of alternative/pop-punk/rock. This project was ultimately Rob Cooper's (Ex-Infernale Guitarist) form of expression, and I was brought in as vocalist simply cause they needed someone.
The project eventually died due to my not feeling comfortable with the style and my ability to perform it vocally. We did do one show that was really quite fun, and managed to write 5 or so songs, 2 of which (Capo Song and Song For P... I refuse to write P's full name, and I think Rob would understand and appreciate that) I loved, but spite my vocal performance getting better with each take we would do whilst recording, I just felt like it wasn't where I belonged. When I bailed, it just sort of sizzled...
That's not to say I held the band together, cause the band literally was going on a while before I joined or even knew about it, and all the songs (bar Song for P) were already written and were just waiting on vocals, but there were all these new plans that came into play after that which eventuated with the project just dying. In saying that, I would definitely like to hear Rob continue this project in the future, cause a few of the songs we wrote for this were really great and it would be a shame to see it go to waste.
Anyways... the designs I did for the Sham Mirrors (anyone see the other connection between Infernale and this band?) were really quite dull, and if I were to do it again I would definitely try and incorporate some more graphics and drawings into it. Make it a bit more detailed and layered. Still, it worked for what it was and that's that.
Finally, I leave you with my favorite piece yet, as it's the most deep and meaningful...
Influences, Interests & Reasons:
Book: Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Film: Alien - Ridley Scott, Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson, Pi - Darren Aronofsky, the Prestige - Christopher Nolan, Primer - Shane Curruth
Music: Black Flag - Damaged, Cave In - Perfect Pitch Black, Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity/Ire Works, King Crimson - Islands, Old Man Gloom - Chrismas, P.O.S. - Never Better, Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance, Zozobra - Harmonic Tremors
TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Duckman, Twilight Zone (the Shelter, Time Enough At Last)
