Album art & promotional material for the band Mr. Stitches
The Sacramento based band Mr. Stitches released their first LP "Shut Up, Monster!" in the fall of 2007. In the production process of the album, they approached me about album artwork. The art direction they had for me was vague and specific at the same time: "Black and white... and awesome." Going with the color scheme (or lack thereof) and the name "Shut Up, Monster!," I let my imagination run wild.
Directly below is the image I delivered; hand drawn illustration of a giant monster with an industrial city on its back, slowly attacking the three band members (found at the bottom), then digital manipulation of a landscape scene shot in Santa Cruz, CA used for the backdrop. They liked it.
Then came the rest of the album artwork. The back design can be seen below; a giant rabbit sitting peacefully (drawn by me) in the middle of a metropolitan cityscape (scanned from a vintage New York City postcard).
Directly below is the image I delivered; hand drawn illustration of a giant monster with an industrial city on its back, slowly attacking the three band members (found at the bottom), then digital manipulation of a landscape scene shot in Santa Cruz, CA used for the backdrop. They liked it.
Then came the rest of the album artwork. The back design can be seen below; a giant rabbit sitting peacefully (drawn by me) in the middle of a metropolitan cityscape (scanned from a vintage New York City postcard).
In 2008, Mr. Stitches was in the final stages of getting an EP produced. The title was "It's Not Over Yet, Iron Cobra," which relayed an overall aquatic theme. The Iron Cobra was a fictitious battleship made within the Mr. Stitches universe. When given artistic freedom on this, I chose the "Avenge the Seventh!" Pearl Harbor style of propaganda. Directly below is my original piece that started the overall creation process. A poster where I illustrated the battleship and did my best at making a vintage looking poster of remembering the Iron Cobra ship. Then I went for the "exposed" look; what happens to a poster once in the atmosphere of people. I printed it, scraped it up, scanned it, then did some effects on Photoshop, which blossomed the "It's Not Over Yet" look.
With the poster came the album artwork. The "found" look was a theme I was really into at the time. So the torn collage feel was what I went for (as seen in the CD packaging image below). The CD label kept a similar feel.
However, the EP did not see the light of the day. By that fall, some of the songs were recorded but the band had become defunct. The art carries on though :)
With the poster came the album artwork. The "found" look was a theme I was really into at the time. So the torn collage feel was what I went for (as seen in the CD packaging image below). The CD label kept a similar feel.
However, the EP did not see the light of the day. By that fall, some of the songs were recorded but the band had become defunct. The art carries on though :)
Various promotional pieces used as fliers (both physically and digitally) for various Mr. Stitches shows.
