Print Banana

Project Brief

We will begin by researching and producing a set of emblematic designs and

illustrations inspired by a given notional band, whose name has been randomly

generated. Using a variety of analougue printing techniques to process your ideas

you will then produce a series of albums front cover designs.

Band Name - Executive Catastrophe

Album Cover Inspiration

The artwork for Linkin Park’s albums are always beautiful and unique in my opinion but my favourite cover is for LP’s ‘Hybrid Theory’ album which in LP style, is confusing at first but has a deeper meaning as you further depict the art. The cover is of a soldier in battle with the wings of a dragon fly.

As explained by the band, the reason for this is to show that their music consists of hard and soft elements. The battle worn soldier represents their hardcore and heavy style whereas the frail dragon fly wings represent their soft and calm style, combined together to create a hybrid.

The cover for Eminem’s album, Marshall Mathers LP 2, may look simple to the normal audience but what I really like about this cover is that, like the name suggests, it’s a reference to Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 1 which also included the picture of Eminem’s old house. However, now its become old and tattered. I think this connects more with his older fans as the album also has a lot of references to MMLP1.

Looking at MV's - Agenda Suicide

The narrative on this video is about a regular office worker who does the same routine everyday and works in a corporate company like a slave. All the workers are portrayed as sheep and towards the end of the video, everything starts to go crazy and the guy commits suicide.

The video consists of a lot of illustrations merged with real life people. The colours are very simple and repetitive to represent the routine of the man. It makes me think about how people are slaves to the corporate business and how it takes over your whole life.

Executive Catastrophe - Relative Imagery

Album Cover Designs

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