Bridget Davis is a graphic designer and a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP)
Music has always been one of my favorite things, so combining it with my love of design and photography is always a fun project for me to take on. Below are some examples of album artwork that I have redesigned. All of the photography used in the artwork was taken by me.
CD package for No Doubt’s album Tragic Kingdom. I wanted to create new artwork that reflected the darker emotions in the music while still giving a nod to the original artwork by using oranges and royal blue tones.
Vinyl Record sleeve for The District’s sophomore album, A Flourish and A Spoil. I wanted the album art to reflect the feelings of the music on the record. I wanted it to be simple yet striking, and rustic yet refined.
“Heartbreaker” was a single released by one of my favorite bands, Bad Suns, in 2016 and has been one of my favorite songs ever since. The song was never given an official single cover, so when I was experimenting with creating typography out of physical objects, I decided to create my own cover for the song using that technique. I took inspiration from the song lyrics and the story behind the song and gathered various objects to create a composition to convey the overall mood of the single.
To create the cover image, I started by laying out all of my objects into the desired composition. To create the word “Heartbreaker” I cut out a stencil of the lettering and placed it into the composition. I then crushed up a bag of candy hearts into a dust-like consistency and shaped it by hand to create the typography on the cover. Once I had the composition layed out, I took a photograph from directly above the composition to capture the cover image.