Archive for the ‘Illustrators’ Category

I was just going through my bookmarks for some daily design motivation and felt that it was necessary to share the site of Casey Burns; an inspiration for music-related illustration and design.  I wanted to post an example and link to his site in case anyone is interested in discovering more about this outstanding artist. I aspire to be able to work with similar bands and create the material that he has for posters and record covers over the years.

Enjoy.

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Casey Burns

Now that I’ve got your attention—maybe because you’re actually interested in vinyl, or maybe because you think I’m a total hipster for writing about this—let me make a prediction: The CD is slowly going the way of the buffalo, moving over for the ultimate takeover of the digital download, and our friendliest audiophile format is quickly experiencing a rebirth and a lifespan that will likely continue for longer than once thought. Designers should be rejoicing — This affords us the opportunity to once again look at the music layout as it was originally born: a 12”x12” canvas (ok, the cut dimensions are slightly different, just let me get away with that one), rather than the confined limits of a 4.75” x 4.75” (see, I got more specific) CD booklet.  The digipac offered us some expansion into the pseudo-vinyl packaging when it first appeared (i.e. Pearl Jam’s Vs. and Vitalogy), but as I’ve experienced – it’s nothing like designing for an LP release, which (un)fortunately is even a new format for my work. Continue Reading »