Heavy metal rock cd cover design. The concept of this was to create a semi morbid, mysteries, and gritty cover design. I started off by just showing the hands coming out of the fan blade but then later added the peering eye in the background. This cd cover went through quite a bit of changes, there was another cd cover design with a different style initially- but I worked closely with the art director to come up with this final design. This is a Canadian heavy metal rock band, I also did the rest of the package design, however I’ll post those up later. CD Design is a fickle art, sometime a design will be a homerun and other times I think I have a great design and the client just doesn’t like- it’s a subjective thing this art.

© 2009 Fernando Medina. Aurora, IL 60505 graphic designer and illustrator. Chicago graphic designer, cd cover designer.

This is the cover art for a hip-hop compilation album. The client said they really wanted to accentuate the 2.0 so I dropped it on the cover like giant bricks- can’t get more prominent than that. I grunged up the letters a bit to give them a worn out look- like it’s been through the test of time and it’s still big and bold. I then added the shovel on the side to compliment the words “buried treasure”. I used a little bit of adobe illustrator and photoshop to complete this work. Enjoy.

The name of this album is “View from Hear”, there’s a play on words so I tried to do the same visually- the client and I went through various drafts before deciding on this design. The genre of music is Christian Rock, the goal was to not hit people over the head with Christian symbolism so I approached it with a neutral design first and then sprinkled subtle spirituality through out- Vuala. Below are a collection of stock photo’s I used to create this piece.Also below are other cover designs created for this project that didn’t make the cut. They were all created using photoshop. As you can see they all use a similar color palette which was specified by the client- I think that they’re all very nice but of course I have a bias. Greatness!
© 2009 Fernando Medina- Graphic Designer and Illustrator. CD Design- Christian Rock.

This is a cd cover design I’m working on, i originally created the black and white one but then had the urge to render a color version. Now I can’t decide which one I like best. The album title is “Live Forever” so I came up with the concept of a tree/hand since tree’s convey the idea of age and growth and the tree branches are holding the sun to symbolize that it’s in control of the days hence living forever.

The two revised cover designs above are additional color comps I created, the possibilities are endless. Which one’s your favorite.

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