Though the new decade is still rather young, we already secured two new commissions:
One is for Fabio Keiner’s forthcoming release on Petcord. I don’t want to give away too much details for now, except that this work is very dark and gloomy, but at the same time quite rewarding when it comes to creating cover art. Another one is for Greg Surges, who also is in the midst of preparing a release on Petcord. This release will focus on the electro-acoustic side of his oeuvre, and therefore its cover art will probably contain a lot of abstraction. As with Fabio Keiner’s release, I anticipate the cover work as a rewarding task where we shall take the opportunity to experiment with effects and colour/texture combinations.

And since we would like to create a follow up release for our first Synflict album, we took the liberty of thinking about its cover design even before the accompanying music has been composed ;-). This is a current draft showing how it could look like when it’s finished:

The idea is based on one of Marco’s experimentations and a very good example of how a small amount of elements in a composition can be used effectively if arranged in an attractive way. Design is sometimes not about just motifs or colour combinations, but much more about the management of space and textures. Therefore, there was little for me to add, except suggesting some minor details. Another good idea in my opinion is to use the entire canvas of the front cover, rather than using the fold as a barrier between two separate images. I think this is something we can incorporate into future cover drafts as well.