I Want to Laugh Until I Cry

Music by Diego Philips

Concept and Animation by Paolo Russo

WHAM - Lil Baby Album Artwork & Campaign

ALBUM ARTWORK, MOTION GRAPHICS, MERCHANDISE & MARKETING FOR WHAM BY LIL BABY.

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Commissioned by Motown Records.

Ministry of Sound Packshots

Packshots for Ministry of Sound

Commissioned by Sony Music .

for RCA Records UK / Relevant Examples

Relevant Examples for RCA Records UK Brief
A curated selection of my work that reflects my design approach, visual storytelling, and experience within the music and entertainment industry. These projects demonstrate versatility across cover art, motion design — aligning with RCA Records' call for creative and diverse design styles.

Commissioned by RCA Records.

Music Video The City Flight 2N3055

Concept, script, motion graphics, editing.

De La Soul - Rock Co. Kane Flow

This music video I animated for De La Soul & MF DOOM sees the group come to life as Wrestling superheroes battling aliens in an epic and darkly comic piece, where Hip-Hop meets superhero action.

The big challenge of this project was bringing back Hip Hop legends Trugoy the Dove and MF DOOM, two icons of the genre who have sadly since passed. We knew we didn’t want to go down the road of AI and Deepfaking, instead opting to create a fully animated video, with re-imagined versions of all the characters, no small undertaking.

Posdnuos (of De La Soul) had a clear vision of the vibe and comedic tone of the video, looking to recreate the group’s look during the grind date’s release over 20 years ago (with a wrestling superhero twist). We took influence from various superhero films and media, and drew upon hours of classic wrestling footage for reference. After months of animating, rendering and complex Visual effects work, we were finally able to bring De La Soul & MF DOOM to the big screen just as they were in 2004. 

Commissioned by BMG.

Music Video The Spaceship Takes Off 2N3055

Video concept, script, storyboard, visuals and motion graphics, editing. 

FAITHLESS - PEACE AND NOISE

Official Visualiser for 'Peace And Noise' by Faithless, featuring Suli Breaks.

Commissioned by ATC Management.

Chubby Checker - The Twist (Official Music Video)

Hey time traveler - grab your dancing shoes and journey with us through the ages! We had a blast teaming up with ABKCO to produce & direct the animated music video for Chubby Checker's iconic hit, "The Twist." Our story follows a groovy kid from the '60s who discovers that twisting isn't just a dance - it's a time machine! From prehistoric bash to futuristic fiesta, the Twist proves it's the ultimate dance craze that transcends time.

Commissioned by ABKCO Music & Records.

Artwork for 5EB

Artwork for 5EB

Danny Groenland - Never Going Home

Narrative driven animated muisc video on climate change.

Artwork for mustbejohn

Artwork for mustbejohn

Artwork for Monjola

Artwork for Monjola

The Endless Parade - Diane

Hand drawn single shot video using loops to drive the narrative

Danny Groenland - World Outside

Hand drawn ink animation with simulated 3D depth

Danny Groenland - Mr. Loaded

Narrative driven music video inspired by anti-capitalist propaganda

Ratchasima Live Visuals

Live Visuals for Australian Band Rachasima

It's You

Silent film inspired low-budget music video

Commissioned by Independant.

Glass Beams Live at Earth - London 2024

Produced and directed the live performance video for Glass Beams 2024 performance at Earth Hackney in London.

Commissioned by Ninja Tune.

Album Artwork

CD Cover, Insert and Disc Design

Noel McKoy was a British-based Soul music singer. His music is a collection of Soul, Gospel, Funk and Northern Soul. He performed duets alongside Juliet Roberts, Mica Paris, Vanessa Simon and Beverley Knight. Noel had also performed many successful studio sessions with the likes of Atlantic Starr, Omar, Courtney Pine and Climie Fisher.

I created a variety of designs for some studio albums and a live CD, including a logo, with a distinct colour theme running throughout the series.