HEARTWORN STRANGEWAYS
An exploration of a fictional alternative band through the making of a vinyl album design cover. The design choices were based on the mood and my own interpretations of the music, song titles, band title, and album title which is dark and melancholic.
I went with the color blue to represent the feeling of sadness and grief, and by doing that I experimented with different shades of blue and trying to separate blue from other colors. From there, I experimented with Cyanotypes and edited the brightness via Photoshop and to top it all off I brought a blue vinyl record to match the vibe of the vinyl cover album. Furthermore, in the inside of the vinyl I added the reading we took at school called "Hell is the absence of God" by Ted Chiang to give the viewer some insight on the concept and the topic about grief where the main character of the reading is being portrayed metaphorically as a flower where they experience the 5 stages of grief after the passing of their wife by starting from Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and ending with Acceptance.
Project Book - Moodboard "Shades of Blue"
Project Book - Moodboard "Shades of Blue" (Continuation)
Cyanotypes - Made by me: before edits on Photoshop + cyanotypes test print
Cyanotype of the vinyl front cover - After edits on Photoshop
Cyanotype of flowers - After edits on Photoshop
Cyanotypes of flowers - After edits on Photoshop (continuation)
Vinyl album of "Heartworn Strangeways" with record + album name: "My body was a bridge for you to X".
Inside of Vinyl containing the reading of "Hell is the absence of God" by Ted Chiang
Vinyl record - Side A
Vinyl Record - Side B
Vinyl Album with Cyanotypes
Vinyl record on Vinyl play (shown for the purpose of documentation)
