ramblings on web design and graphic art
April 20, 2011 • music • Comments Off
Last month I finally finished a new website and album cover design (see below) for my good friends the Carousel Rogues. They’ve got some great tunes that you can now purchase on iTunes. Happy listening!
Album Artwork for Carousel Rogues, Self Titled EP, 2011
Video by Esteban Diácono entitled “Let Yourself Feel”. The song in the background is “Ljósið” by Ólafur Arnalds – a musician who happened to like the video so much, he made it the official video for the song. Enjoy!
let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.
October 30, 2008 • art, inspiration, music, resources, video, website • Comments Off
“Riceboy Sleeps is an artistic collaboration between Jón Þór Birgisson (singer for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós) and his partner Alex Somers. Not only do they make visual art, but they also create ambient music. The music tends to be more ethereal and experimental than that of Sigur Rós.” – Wikipedia
Links to Riceboy Sleeps Artwork:
“All the Big Trees” Video:
This year I’ve been having fun doing some graphic design and poster work for Girls Rock! DC. I love being able to get into the grungy, gritty design, without having to make things look corporate. It also feels good to be doing something for a cause you find worthwhile. If you haven’t heard of GR!DC, it’s basically a youth rock camp for girls and aspiring young musicians. Camp is going on next week, and afterward they will be having a showcase performance at the 9:30 Club. Should be a great show, all are welcome:
www.sleevage.com – “a blog all about music cover art. From the LP’s of the 60’s to the digital artworks of now.”
More where that came from, here…
On February 6 the University of Maryland’s Art Gallery will be opening its latest exhibit, ‘Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster’. An excerpt about the exhibit:
“…features twenty-nine of the leading artists/groups of silk-screened contemporary rock posters, on view Wednesday, February 6 through Saturday, March 29, 2008. Artist Jesse LeDoux creates a site-specific installation in the back gallery that displays the versatility of the screen printing technique, and artist Tim Gough creates unique signage for the exhibition utilizing silk-screening and other media applied directly to the walls.”
More info can be found here on the gallery’s website. Should be a great show!
Another small work in progress (currently very rough on the edges):
My dad is a musician (folk, blues, rock, whatever) and in the next few months I will be looking for ways to promote music online through various avenues. I’ve already gone the Myspace route with other bands but am looking forward to seeing what else is out there. Last FM and CD Baby seem promising.
In the process of building the temporary site I discovered a cool favicon website where you can either create your own icon or download free icons that others have published under the CC (Creative Commons) license, like this nifty little guitar favicon, for example.
Oh and I almost forgot, Happy 2008 to all.