Artwork for Covert 3 (Various Artists) CD

Design and artwork for a 2CD compilation of exclusive tracks by anonymous artists on Touched Music.

The Covert albums are compilations of electronica and techno but the listener has no idea who made the music. Anonymous artists is somewhat of a tradition in techno with many well established artists often releasing tracks under aliases (sometimes well known, sometimes secret). These compilations are an extension of that and fans love guessing who made the tracks.

The previous two compilations had artwork by The Designers Republic and I wanted to create something different to what they'd done for number three. I liked the idea of tapping into the secret nature of these albums and created a cipher as the foundation for the look and feel so that all the information is there but encrypted. 

Once I had established a cipher and refined the visual language I also created various assets such as stickers, t-shirts and social media banners.