CD Cover Illustration: CD Design Cover Art- Star Wars

CD cover illustration design for a hip hop rap artist based in New York. This cd cover illustrates a character representing the rap artist' persona. A custom cd cover illustration takes considerably longer than a cd design based on the musicians photographs because it requires composeing the cd package design entirely from scratch. I completed the illustration for this star wars/hip hop cd cover. I used adobe illustrator for the color and line work, and added some texture in photoshop. The client was very happy with it. I've never really illustrated anything in this particular style- but I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. It's another notch in my arsenal of styles. Notice the Darth Vador silhouette in the background.

Once upon a time... in a Galaxy far far away, there was an illustrator who dared to combine the forces of Star Wars and Hip hop. This is a fun illustration I've been working on. Below is a preliminary pencil sketch for an album cover playing off the theme of Lucas' Celestial Opera- as you can see he's reaching for his mic which is his "light saber", getting ready to slash somebody creeping up behind him- he's also sporting a jedi cape and in the background a little green dude (Yoda) is rocking the turntables. I'll be posting the updated artwork soon- stay tuned.

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Cornhole Anyone?

The Walter Payton Roundhouse just started a cornhole league and needed a logo to make it official. Here's my first attempt at the logo design- I took a literal approach to the idea of cornhole, fyi- it's actually a game in which you throw bean bags into a box with a hole in it- pretty simple, but additively fun. I first did a pencil sketch of this and then traced in with Adobe Illustrator.


This is my second attempt attempt at the logo design- it's a bit more competitive. As you can see the NBA, NFL, and MLB stoled my idea- but that's okay I'm flattered. The client ended up going with this logo. I like it but I thought the first one was funnier. Cornhole anyone?

Starved Rock

I recently went to Starved Rock Park in Southern Illinois. My girlfriend and I took these photo's. It's a beautiful place to visit, there are many bluffs, canyons and caves to see. You can see all the photos here.