The Cape Race - Visuals

These are some of 'The Cape Race's' visuals. 

T-shirt design. 

 EP covers

These three CD covers have a very sophisticated feel to them. The minimalist, serifed typeface and high-impact photography makes it look mature.

I feel like I could really build on these. Really change them and give them a totally new identity, not that I don't like what they currently have, I just think it would be really interesting to see if I could do something completely different but still make it look sophisticated.

Amazing

I thought this was brilliant. So thought I would put it up here. 

Gig Posters - Mates of State

Designer - The Small Stakes

Again, a beautiful poster. Like the previous ones... it is very much made to look nice, to catch the eye, and to be informative about the gig itself. 

The clever heart made up of finger prints is the first thing you look at... followed by the headline band. 

Simple colours, simple design. A collectible. 

Gig Posters - Islands

Designer - Show & Smell Print

This is one of my favourite posters from the series that I have recorded on this blog.

The colours and hand-rendered feel make it look very friendly. It has a distinctive style. 

As I have stated previously... I would like my work to have a more hand-rendered feel to it, and this is an example of what I mean. 

Gig Posters - Flight of the Conchords

Designer - Tyler Stout

There is so much detail in this poster that it makes you look more at what it could be. Each little illustration relevant... or relevant to fans of Flight of the Conchords. Making this very-much audience based. 

They have only used 3 colours, but even with this, the background is a big mess of detail. Bringing the characters and the type out, drawing the eye.

The rest of the information about the gig has to be deciphered from the background with hand-drawn type blending in to the illustrations. 

This is really clever as it makes people look at the poster for longer to draw out the information. 

Gig Posters - Deerhoof

Designer - The Small Stakes

Primarily, I loved a lot of these designs for the way they look. Gig posters are so distinctive, and, if done right, both look beautiful and portray exactly the message they are trying to convey... basically informing people of the gig... where, who and when. 

This design is so simple, but perfect. The use of the CMYK bubbles creating a flower, with the simple vectorised arm becoming the logo. 

The yellow on black stands out and gives a sense of urgency... drawing the eye towards the name of the band. 

The information about the actual show is right in the middle of the 'petals' - again in yellow on 

Gig Posters - The Decemberists

Designer - Little Jackets

This has a very 'kitsch' feel. Very simple, one colour plus stock, playing with the opacities to make it appear that there is more. 

No detail in the illustration, just vector silhouettes... and repetitive patterns in the background. 

If you have ever heard of these bands, or heard their work, this poster accompanies it very well. Getting the tone of voice of the music in graphic design.