Ryan Grey Logo

Design Brief: 10138

I was asked to design 3 logo variations for Toronto based producer Ryan Grey to be used across a variety of media / formats. Simple geometric forms paired with a Sans Serif typeface was the basis for the logos to give it a 90s vibe.

Commissioned by Agenda Management.

AMMARA

Static and animated logo for London-based DJ and producer Amarra.

Commissioned by Triple Threat Management.

animation logo for Warner Chappell

to Animate logo in and Escher type style

Commissioned by Warner Chappell Production Music.

BUBBLEGUM

Single artwork for Lu's BUBBLEGUM

Oblivion Waits

Overview

Await the Dawn is a metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They approached me to create a logo for their band, a single cover, the EP cover for their first release, and a visualizer for Spotify. I guided the band through their first effort to brand themselves and led the creative direction for the band’s first artworks.

Await the Dawn released Oblivion Waits on Halloween of 2023.

Approach:

At the time the band approached me they were still very early in the process of creating music as a group. We tapped into the various elements of the members character, interests, and backgrounds to distinguish a starting direction for the band’s aesthetic and word mark.

Logo

Creating something that was distinct and legible, yet still aggressive were some of the main takeaways from my first meetings with the band. I designed their mark to have strong movement, and aggressive shapes without cluttering up the letters too much. Creating a strong symmetrical look helped the mark identify itself clearly with the rock/metal genres but more on the side of rock rather than extreme metal with the clean letters. Finally, roughing up the type gave it an even more aggressive look, and the iron sun at the top helped connect their mark with the sentiment of their name.

Gospel of the Godless (Single)

As their first piece of artwork we used the single cover as a playground to explore ideas. The song was written about the weaponization of religion so it has a lot of dark themes. I wanted to create strong imagery for the cover that would reflect those themes and illuminate them in a cool way. The final artwork depicts a fearful young human being slowly corrupted and overpowered by demonic, withered hands of religious creatures inside of a tortured fever dream-like reality.

Oblivion Waits (EP Cover)

After finding a good rhythm with the single cover, we embarked on the EP cover. The band had a few songs written at the time but not the complete EP. From what the band did have I was able to interpret a lot of themes of mental toil and struggle. Members of the band shared their individual stories and writings for the music to help illuminate the final direction for the art. The Oblivion Waits cover reflects those stories with a tortured character who wears a blinding crown of light battling a maelstrom of demons. This graphic captures the aggressive, tumultuous, and hopeful energy of the group I feel and creates a compelling visual motif for listeners to enjoy.

Branding for Enzo

Logotype and Icon for UK producer Enzo. Drawing influence from digital and analogue audio recording equipment, as well as graffiti and street art to create the unique 'E' stamp. 

Commissioned by E.47 Agency.

KNV - Artist Logo

Artist logo for KNV

Branding Design | Daechwita

A branding study for 'Daechwita' by Agust D.

Art Direction & Artwork | The Stirrings - X-Ray Eyes

Art direction, cover art, logo design, album layout, photo retouching and merchandise design for the debut album of The Stirrings, an experimental rock band from Madrid.

Artwork & Logo Design | Denial Machine

Logo and cover art design for my long-time collaborators Denial Machine, an American metal band who have entrusted me with the cover art for all their releases.