Day 82: The Record

Music artwork translates sound into image. The best album art captures the feeling of the music — its tempo, warmth, texture and emotion — and becomes inseparable from it. Designing for a release means listening carefully and finding visual equivalents for what you hear.

Objective. Translate the qualities of music into visual form.

Choose a piece of instrumental music and design a release poster for it, as if it were a new album by a fictional artist.

• Listen to the music at least three times before designing
• Write five words describing it, and design from those words
• Include artist name, album title and release date

• Clear connection to the music
• A cohesive visual direction
• Release information present

Design the square cover version as well and make both work together.