Monthly Archives: February 2021

Caracal

  • Illustration of a caracal with pinnated ears unfurled like a fern.

Caracal

(2020) Kapsule [Postgrad]

It has been suggested that selective hearing allows for particular sounds to be isolated. Often this is directed to what is of most interest.

Faustian Pact

  • Pen and ink illustration of Mephisto bearing a signed pact between his fingers.
  • An opening spread introducing introducing pen and ink.
  • An opening spread introducing introducing pen and ink.

Faustian Pact

(2017) ImagineFX Magazine [issue 156 Traditional Workshop].

A walkthrough of how to prepare linework using traditional dip pen and black indian ink.

Four Line Interplay

Illustration of three heads joined together by four earphone wires.

Interplay

(2021) Personal work [self-directed learning]

Interplay is described as the way two or more things affect each other, an inherent part of how we process different sounds.

Buy Now

Buy Now

(2020) Personal work [self-directed learning]

Still a favourite call to action within any consumer economy, in spite of how utterly hackneyed it has become.

Distorted Omen

Illustration of a raven perched upon a distortion pedal.

Distorted Omen

(2020) Kapsule [Postgrad]

Where there is an electric instrument, effect pedals are frequently in tow, making them a de facto hallmark of live music.

Musica Practica

  • Illustration of woman composing sheet music on a piano amalgamated with a typewriter.

Musica Practica

(2020) Kapsule [Postgrad]

In his essay ‘Musica Practica’, Roland Barthes (1915–1980) foregrounded the composer as one whose work is not only only for listening, but is offered as something to be operated with, covered, and configured anew.

Past the Noise

Illustration of a bookshelf upon which sits a phrenology bust with music related terms carved into the cranium.

Past the Noise

(2020) Kapsule [Postgrad]

Musical preferences are far from static. From first exposure to getting deeper into new sounds, there is some interesting psychology at work.

Earn Your Stripes

  • LP cover art featuring illustration of a roaring white tiger.
  • Earn Your Stripes cover art as seen on an iPhone.
  • Record sleeve front and back for the 'Earn Your Stripes' LP.

Earn Your Stripes

(2018) Dub Smugglers Sound System.

Debut LP cover art and packaging design for 12” vinyl record and digital release.

Solitude and Savagery

Illustration of Diogenes of Sinope.
(2018) Pen and Ink with Digital Colour. Barbarian Hermit. LP cover art and design.
Beer can with illustrated artwork of Diogenes of Sinope.
(2018) Pen and Ink with Digital Colour. Northern Monk Brew Co x Barbarian Hermit. Label wrap for 440ml can.
Solitude and Savagery cover art as seen on an iPhone.
(2018) Pen and Ink with Digital Colour. Barbarian Hermit.
Cover art and wraparound packaging design for CD digipak.
(2018) Pen and Ink with Digital Colour. Barbarian Hermit.
Cover art for Solitude and Savagery appears on six panel leaflet with reverse poster, included with CD.
(2018) Pen and Ink with Digital Colour. Barbarian Hermit.
Cover art for Solitude and Savagery appears as Facebook banner with record release date.
(2018) Pen and Ink with Digital Colour. Barbarian Hermit.

Solitude and Savagery

(2018) Barbarian Hermit × Northern Monk Brew Co

Debut album by Barbarian Hermit. Project encompasses hand drawn album art incorporated into full CD packaging. All print and digital items supplied for CD duplication, PR press kit, social media channels and digital purchases.

Headspace

  • Illustration of a hot air balloon with basket attached by giant headphones.

Headspace: A Societal Review of the Headphone

(2020) Kapsule [Postgrad]

The ubiquity of portable audio has become a staple of contemporary music culture. But the way headphones have affected the industry goes beyond how we enjoy music.