so my buds are getting a couple songs pressed on a fancy, one-sided seven inch in ITALY WHUUUUT??? so awesome. i'm not really sure if i'm allowed to reveal the label or details etc...i don't think it matters probably. no one looks at this shit anyway. tumblr is really a better audience for art/freelancing nowadays but i kinda like posting on blogspot still maybe because its like a diary that i'm not worried about anyone looking at/judging, yet still on a public forum. INTERNET: INSTANT PERMIFICATION. plus i don't wanna jinx it??? but anyway here are the notes from our brainstorming meeting about the cover design. it was a silly meeting and they made me a really yummy vegan dinner which was super nice. and their dogs are suuuuuuper cute and barked the entire time. i love them so much they are seriously some of the best people i have ever encountered. i stole the "BOTTOM LINE" tactic from Tao Lin's seventy-minute interview with Brian Sweet because that's silly:
(ok give me three words that you would use to describe your ideal album cover go)
chaz: 1. Gnarly 2. Occult 3. Slime
BOTTOM LINE: Comic-Booky Evil Swamp
liza: 1. Bugs 2. Possessed Serpents 3. Serpents w/ a Plan
BOTTOM LINE: Cute, but Evil... Spooky but like Scooby-Doo. BOTTOM-BOTTOM LINE: EVIL SCOOBY
*Quetzalcoatl shooting snakes out of his mouth/head
-THE GOD - thunderbird, but evil
-less melty, more lightening
-simple, yet detailed
-illustrative or graphic style
jungle, aztec, american south, kudzu
*babes
*60s, 70s Italian Western + Campy horror movie set in Mexico
*Look at DEATH DEALS, Cafe Con Leche, Ines Estrada
*traditional Mesoamerican and/or Aztec style
ziggaurat or pyramid. centipedes coming out of top. other bugs.
**include band name in some way
BLACKANDWHITE!!!!
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that's all of the notes. oh man. this is going to rule. i hope i can pull it off. challenge willingly accepted, albeit nervously. there are lots of things to consider. they also gave me a Killed By Death punk music compilation for cover art/musical inspiration. excellent. OH they also gave me a thrift store shirt with aztec-style drawings of animals. they were prepared. i like that they know exactly what they want. it makes it extremely easy to deliver.
(ok give me three words that you would use to describe your ideal album cover go)
chaz: 1. Gnarly 2. Occult 3. Slime
BOTTOM LINE: Comic-Booky Evil Swamp
liza: 1. Bugs 2. Possessed Serpents 3. Serpents w/ a Plan
BOTTOM LINE: Cute, but Evil... Spooky but like Scooby-Doo. BOTTOM-BOTTOM LINE: EVIL SCOOBY
*Quetzalcoatl shooting snakes out of his mouth/head
-THE GOD - thunderbird, but evil
-less melty, more lightening
-simple, yet detailed
-illustrative or graphic style
jungle, aztec, american south, kudzu
*babes
*60s, 70s Italian Western + Campy horror movie set in Mexico
*Look at DEATH DEALS, Cafe Con Leche, Ines Estrada
*traditional Mesoamerican and/or Aztec style
ziggaurat or pyramid. centipedes coming out of top. other bugs.
**include band name in some way
BLACKANDWHITE!!!!
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that's all of the notes. oh man. this is going to rule. i hope i can pull it off. challenge willingly accepted, albeit nervously. there are lots of things to consider. they also gave me a Killed By Death punk music compilation for cover art/musical inspiration. excellent. OH they also gave me a thrift store shirt with aztec-style drawings of animals. they were prepared. i like that they know exactly what they want. it makes it extremely easy to deliver.
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