Yoann Turpin requested my help on another album cover in March 2022, this time for “Golden Bits” and he had a specific vision in mind. Yoann shared a sketch with me, and a preview of the music on the album, along with a specific note that the text should evoke melted gold. This presented me with a unique challenge , and an opportunity to make use of my Substance 3D subscription. I wanted to keep the album in Illustrator as much as possible, but I also knew it would be difficult due to some of the limitations, specifically regarding reflections in the 3D effects, so I kept in mind that I might need to move to a 3d program to complete the task. With some clever use of gradients and materials I created in Substance Stager, I was able to keep this all in Illustrator. The cover is fairly straightforward, a turntable with melting gold text for the album name.
