ALBUM COVER
DESIGN
CASE STUDIES

Album cover artwork, creative direction and visual development for music and sound

These case studies explore the development of album cover design and artwork for production music releases by Universal Music, Pop Machine and Sonic Quiver, from initial concepts and art direction through to finished artwork.

Each project reveals a different approach to album artwork design, showing how ideas are developed through visual research, digital sculpture, procedural 3D systems, photography and image-making.

Album cover for Guilty by VOLTA Music, featuring a symmetrical black sculptural form constructed from layered feathers and organic forms.
Guilty

Guilty

UNIVERSAL MUSIC · VOLTA MUSIC Album cover artwork developed through digitally sculpted 3D forms, combining dark romantic references with a highly detailed monochromatic visual language.
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A pop-art album cover design featuring a commentary on the consequences of excess and consumption, expressed through a chocolate skull.
Highly Addictive

Highly Addictive

POP MACHINE A Pop Art response to excess and over-consumption, developed through digital sculpture, material studies and virtual studio photography.
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Album cover design for Precinct by Sonic Quiver, featuring an extreme close-up portrait illuminated by red and blue light.
Precinct

Precinct

Sonic Quiver From a loose musical steer to a fully developed title, concept and cinematic visual language, constructed through photographic composition and art direction.
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Deep Cinematic album cover design for Universal Music
Transformations

Transformations

UNIVERSAL MUSIC · NOVA MUSIC An audio-responsive particle system developed for the album series Deep Cinematic, using audio input to translate musical behaviour into visual form.
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