CD Design

Roughs and photographic preparation in Photoshop.
Camera-ready layouts in Freehand.

Case Study: It Must Be Something in the Water

The concept was a celebration of the traditional musicians of
Caldwell County, North Carolina. The producers asked for a design
wrapped around the idea that "there must be something in the water"
to explain why so many of their neighbors are so musical.




These components -- the back of a mandolin, two picks,
and a couple of wet rocks -- comprise the finished design
in which digitally synthesized water rushes over a
stream bed of "Fender pebbles."




Studies for the reverse included these images
of dobro player Jaret Carter and the distinctive
curves of a mandolin.

More CD Designs...

Phil Stinson's "They Call Me Mr. Lucky"

Good Ole Boys Like Me (roughs)

Strictly Clean and Decent (external website opens in a new window)

Smith, Smith, Smith & Smith (a Christmas basket of designs)

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