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Miscellaneous

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Big Shiny Tunes

Back when CDs were a thing (RIP) I lived-out my teenaged dream of working with Much Music (RIP) on one of their “Big Shiny Tunes” compilations.

 
 
Cover image of Big Shiny Tunes 12

Heyooo Canadian xennials and millennials!

 
 

CD sales (and interest in compilation albums) were waning at the time, but I was THRILLED! Although it was during peak mid-2000’s aesthetic: aggressively distressed curly-cues and flaming bird wings, to communicate nü rock!

Concept images for Big Shiny Tunes cover art

I don’t think I used enough distressed layers

 
 

Above: the concepts I submitted. They chose the middle-bottom option, but requested it to be black and white, to make it look more nü! (And distinguish it from the more colourful compilations from previous years.)

 
 
Full layout of Big Shiny Tunes

The full layout; needs more gothy bird wings

 
 

If you rode the TTC in Toronto or visited an HMV or Walmart in 2007, you probably got an unwanted eyefull of my art back in the day, as it appeared in transit ads and commercials!

 
 
Screenshot of Much Music website with my CD art

My CD art getting top billing over Ashley Tisdale on the official Much Music site

 
 

It’s not an aesthetic I’m attached to (and I’ve chilled-out on the aggressive textures) but it’s one of the more fun/interesting projects I’ve worked on.