SHOWREEL 2025

SHOWREEL 2025

Green River Ordinance

Since 2015, I’ve had the privilege of helping shape the visual identity of Green River Ordinance (GRO)—from early T-shirt designs to full creative collaborations across album artwork, single covers, merchandise, and promotional materials.

In 2024, I designed the artwork for their album For Old Times’ Sake and its accompanying singles, balancing nostalgia with modern simplicity through distressed textures, film-like photography, and classic-meets-contemporary typography. I also created a vintage-inspired promotional poster featuring their signature cow skull logo and hand-drawn floral elements to support the release.

Beyond the album, I’ve contributed to multiple merch collections, including the 2024 line that blended bold typography, graphic motifs, and subtle Western influences. Across all projects, my focus has been crafting designs that resonate with fans and reflect GRO’s evolving sound and story.

Being part of GRO’s creative journey has been deeply meaningful, and I’m honored to continue bringing their music to life through thoughtful, cohesive visual design.

Ginkgos - Reasons (Official Lyric Video)

Ginkgos - Reasons (Official Lyric Video)

Tengu x Betts - Rise

Tengu x Betts - Rise

Shaun Dean x Wardy - Play Me

Shaun Dean x Wardy - Play Me

Kegone - Just Wanna EP

Kegone - Just Wanna EP

Commissioned by CruCast.

Foor x Dj Seduction - Subbed Up

Foor x Dj Seduction - Subbed Up

Andy Grammer

I had the chance to design merchandise for Andy Grammer and Gavin DeGraw’s 2016 co-headlining U.S. tour. While most of the designs were tailored to Grammer’s branding, I also created a few select pieces—like a co-branded t-shirt, poster, and keychain—that combined both artists’ identities to create a unified tour aesthetic. These designs featured a bold, high-contrast look with vibrant colors and modern typography.

One standout piece in the collection was a neon-inspired illustration of Grammer’s beloved French Bulldog, Lucy, which appeared on t-shirts, hoodies, and accessories. This playful design quickly became a fan favorite, perfectly capturing Grammer’s fun, uplifting vibe. He even praised it during a Facebook Live session, sharing his excitement with his audience.

The design’s impact went beyond merchandise—it also made an appearance during Grammer’s halftime performance at the 2016 Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving game. The artwork was featured on the stadium screens, seamlessly integrating merchandise with stage visuals. This helped elevate the tour’s overall visual identity, turning the merch into more than just a souvenir, but an extension of the live experience itself.

Kaso Ringui Dingui - Iglesias x Fer BR Remix (Lyric Video)

Kaso Ringui Dingui - Iglesias x Fer BR Remix (Lyric Video)

Casey Club x Mary Droppinz x Sofa Soup

Casey Club x Mary Droppinz x Sofa Soup

Commissioned by CruCast.

Gardna - Release artwork and Merch

Luke aka Gardna got in touch with me to create a bunch of different assets to create designs for his releases and some merch. This includes artwork for his tracks: Regional Banger, Massive, Wassup, A state of hysteria and Body Groovin, some artwork for events he has curated and also some designs which were used for various bits of merch.

Olivia Rodrigo Newspaper Design

Designed a newspaper front to back for Olivia Rodrigo! A dream brief. 🦋

These were handed out at her BST Hyde Park headline on Friday, as well as Manchester shows this week. Featuring coverage of her UK visit, games, ‘livo-scopes’, and a GUTS album lyric poster on the back!

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Commissioned by Alia Aldeghather
Written by Tara Yazdan Panah & me
Produced by Fabyl Creative
Label: Polydor Records
Lyrics by Olivia Rodrigo

Commissioned by Polydor Records.

Rossana - The Entertainer

Rossana - The Entertainer

Client: BaitRecords

Directed by Ângelo Varela, Gonçalo Palma, Alexandre Muge and Rossana

Produced by Luis Pita and Kletick
Concept by Rossana and Rúben Carneiro
Cast: Hannah Mendel, Azeri Agheyeva, Mike Los, and Claire Stenning
DOP/Colour by Ângelo Varela
Camera Assistant: Alexandre Muge
Costume/Set design by Rúben Carneiro
Edit/VFX by Gonçalo Palma
BTS by Paulo Madureira and Rodrigo Santos

Racked Records - Logo design and release artwork

I was asked to help come up with an identity for record label Racked Records. For the logo the brief was to include some sort of security tag that you would usually find on some products/items of clothings in stores. I wanted to create something minimal but also to bear in mind that the logo would be seen on record centre labels, so I wanted it to look cool if it was spinning on a record.

As well as this I also Designed the artwork for the Sweet Chill EP by Samurai Breaks was such an enjoyable project. The brief was to make the sleeve resemble the packaging of a Thai sweet chilli sauce bottle. To achieve this, I styled the top and bottom of the sleeve to mimic the plastic bottle, with the "sauce" visible behind it. The label was intentionally designed with a slightly "stock image" feel to enhance the aesthetic, featuring playful nods to nutritional details you’d find on real packaging—reimagined with a musical twist, including the tracklist and a cheeky note of 160 burns per minute.

Credits:
Sleeve photography: Cicely Grace.
Racked Records logo illustration featured on Sweet Chilli EP: Tavs World.

Wu Tang Clan

For the relaunch of Wu Tang Clan’s unique apparel range, I created a trailer and four teasers in both 16x9 and 9x16 formats. With a very tight deadline, I focused on key elements to ensure completion on time.

First, I tackled the cards, which needed a shiny, metallic look as they rotated 360 degrees. Initially, I designed these on gold cards, but after a client request, I adjusted the design to what appears in the video. To be fair, I liked both approaches.

Next, I constructed the video timings, working with the legendary track "Protect Ya Neck." Once I had the basic edit in place, I began the design work. Drawing inspiration from Wu Tang’s iconic brand, working with their colours and fonts, I crafted a blend of dynamic design and fast-paced animations to bring the project to life.

Commissioned by Iconic Entertainment.

'The Jester' | Single Cover Artwork

Artwork for Limbo Days’ single The Jester.

The Revivalists (ft Portugal. The Man) 'It Was A Sin'

Official music video for American rock band THE REVIVALISTS
classic song 'It Was A Sin' featuring PORTUGAL. THE MAN.

Asleep in the back of his beaten up car, a cut and bruised man
careers along a precarious track, high up in the mountains.

A story about self destructive behaviour after a traumatic event.

Produced by Concord Records
Released Oct 2025

Commissioned by Concord Music Group.

The Notorious BIG Nordstrom-Rack

New merch design for The Notorious BIG!  🔥 available at Nordstromrack 👀 one of my favorite projects! Thanks to Merch Traffic 🔥
Let's work together: [email protected] 🔥
Portfolio visualfear.com 🔥

The Notorious BIG merchandise

It was all a dream! Very happy and grateful to have designed for The Notorious B.I.G. 🔥 It was available at Fashion Nova 🔥 

Open to work: [email protected] 🔥
Portfolio: https://www.visualfear.com 🔥

BCUC - Elektronikalizer (Artwork & Tour poster)

For OntheCorner records I designed the artwork for their release BCUC - Elektronikalizer, including poster for their spring European tour.

Double Drop Vol.2 - OntheCorner Records

Double Drop is a series of releases where the A and B sides each featured a different artist. For this particular release, the A side was Edrix Puzzle – Rise to Eris, while the B side was ThE DiAboLIcaL LibERTieS – Birds of Paradise. For this project I created the artwork for each side for both digital and vinyl release. Here you will see the final designs as well as some iterations.

TSHA EPK

EPK for TSHA 2025

Joku - Anthrobotics EP (Erbium Records)

Artwork and social media assets (rotating records, teaser and visuals for track premieres) for Erbium records release Joku - Anthrobotics EP

Korzi & Sonic Boss - Lab Rats EP (Erbium Records)

The design for one of our releases on Erbium Records, Korzi & Sonic Boss - Lab Rats including cover art, track visuals and promotional material for social media.

'Man on the Moon' | Single Cover Artwork

Collaborated with Manchester-based musician Limbo Days to do the artwork for a single cover inspired by the song’s narrative and emotional landscape. The artwork was built from hand-drawn mixed-media experiments, later refined digitally to create a cohesive, expressive final piece.

Jason Derulo // Breathing [Live]

A full in-house project, This marks the first episode in a series of Concert films from Jason Derulo's Iconic Live Show in Vienna.

Directed by Brad Kavanagh and Produced by KINØ, our camera team, operators, cinematographer and wider creative team took Jason's live show and made it feel like a music video. One song at a time.

Example x Local - Heads Gone Lyric Video

Example x Local - Heads Gone Lyric Video

Commissioned by CruCast.

'Queen of Saturday Night' | Single Cover Artwork

For Limbo Days’ single Queen of Saturday Night, I developed visuals that channelled the song’s theatrical flair and late-night sophistication. The artist wanted a hand-drawn dreamy illustration similar Milton Glaser. Throughout the project, we collaborated closely on Notion, exchanging ideas and visual references to shape the final direction.

Lyric Video for Deacon Blue

'Much Too Close To Love' is taken from Deacon Blue's Tour Edition of ''The Great Western Road'.

Commissioned by Cooking Vinyl.

Lyric videos for Ezra Furman

Ezra and her team kindly gave me so much creative freedom for these three lyric videos for songs from All of Us Flames. For Point Me Toward the Real I jumped at the chance to dig into a big archive of photos going as far back as 2010, old pals and parties in London, Berlin + elsewhere. Lilac and Black was my favourite to work on, repurposing and altering archival newspapers in microfiche style, while Book of Our Names is close to my heart, featuring footage shot with friends around the Scottish countryside I grew up in.

Commissioned by ANTI- Records.

Website for Simply Red

Another Kind worked with Simply Red and Quietus Management to design and build a bespoke online archive website to celebrate the band’s incredible 40th anniversary. The new archive would be based around twelve of their studio albums with an album page being unlocked each month to provide a treasure trove of content for Simply Red fans to discover.

This included remastered videos, album documentary content, image galleries, limited edition merch, tour dates, press quotes and much much more. We also worked on upgrading the e-commerce experience as well as a special microsite for the launch of their new film:  Holding Back The Years: 40 Years of Simply Red – Live from Santiago.

Head over to simplyred.com to discover the immersive website now.

Commissioned by Quietus Management.

Artwork for Sapling

Artwork for Sapling for her singles Save Me Your Silence and Rabbit Hole.

Artwork for Optimism - Michael Gray

Michael Gray approached Another Kind Studio to create the artwork for his latest studio album called Optimism. We created an ethereal and planetary scene and paired it with retro display typography to compliment the album’s music. You can grab the double vinyl at all good record shops now.

Visualiser for Supergrass

Official visualiser for 'Lady Day and John Coltrane (Live at Ronnie Scott's' which features on the Road to Rouen - 20th Anniversary Editon.

Commissioned by BMG.

The Budos Band - Overlander

For Budos Band's latest single Overlander I revisited some techniques I developed a little while back, putting a fresh twist on them. The foreground animation's built with a virtual set in Unreal Engine 5.5, comped with a whole load of painting textures developed with sd1.5, while the animated background skies and clouds are all classic After Effects, which also covered the compositing as well as a load of visual effects and messy grading.

Incredible project to work on, thanks to Brian Profilio (@b.profilio.art) for working with me to build on his original artwork for the band's new album VII.

Artwork for Flora - Johann Hedemann

Inspired by the lush, vibrant landscape of Hawaii, our design for Johann Hedemann’s album Flora is a deep dive into his island heritage. The album’s cover is a rich tapestry of native flowers, all featured in his previous single campaigns, creating a powerful sense of unity for this release. We extended this visual narrative to the vinyl discs themselves, which are splattered with white and blue, evoking the breathtaking colours of the Hawaiian sea. This comprehensive suite also included a CD wallet and a lyrics booklet, all carefully crafted to reflect Johann’s unique charm as a surfer-songwriter.

Website for Carpark Records

The USA based record label reached out to us in order to give their website and e-commerce platform a refresh. The previous website was in need of updated designs and new functionality to help improve their online shopping experience.

We created a bold new look and feel for the brand with US highway signage influenced typography as well as additional illustrative logo updates to provide a more attention grabbing first impression. We then completely re-designed and re-built their online record label store using the pre-existing Limited Run platform to help minimise disruption and mountains of content migration to a new platform. Have a look at the site in full at carparkrecords.com.

Commissioned by Carpark Records.

Live Visual Loops for Death Cab for Cutie's 2025 Tour

Collaboration with Michael Brown on creating visual loops for Death Cab for Cutie's 2025 'Plans' tour.

Commissioned by Brilliant Corners Artist Management.

Sorn - 'Dutchie' Cover Art

Cover art for Sorn - 'Dutchie' which is a vocal drum and bass tune getting airtime, club and playlist selection and plays.

Artwork for Dansa

Artwork designed for Dansa's Flustra EP on LuckyMe.

Commissioned by LuckyMe.

Full album visualiser for Squid

A full album visual (45 minutes long!) with a special focus on a visualiser for single Cro-Magnon Man, put together for @squidbanduk's latest album Cowards.

Interspersed amongst cuts of video and photography from @tonjethilesen, the band, and my own archive are glitchy, whirling animated iconographs which were really fun to make: expanding 2D imagery into 3D objects with a local fork of TRELLIS and then tearing them apart in AE with my favourite plugin cocktail, Pixelstretch b2b RetroDither.

Commissioned by Warp Records.

Visualiser for "Don't Leave Me Alone"

Official visualiser for 'Don't Leave Me Alone' which features on the Road to Rouen - 20th Anniversary Edition.

Commissioned by BMG.

svegliaginevra - Nessun Dramma Fanzine

svegliaginevra ‘Nessun Dramma’ Fanzine

ART DIRECTION + DESIGN
Client: Sony Music / Columbia

Commissioned by Sony Music .

Commissioned by Columbia Records.

The Land Of The Leaf Blower and the Mighty SUV

Directed by Ciro Ayala | Produced by Roger Street Friedman | 2025

My Passion

Official music video for "Passíónið Mitt" (My Passion) by Diva Vox

Music Video Credits: Directed by Ciro Ayala

Written by Diva Vox

DP: Jón Þór Stefánsson

Executive Producer: Victoriya Ayala

Producers: Elín Ragnarsdóttir and Ciro Ayala

Editor: Jean-Luc Fortier

CGI VFX by Provoke Films

Produced by СИЛА VISIONARY ART (Iceland)
 

Lane 8 - Childish (Official Music Video)

Really delighted to have worked with Lane 8 and their label This Never Happened on this video for their new single ‘CHILDISH’.

Commissioned by This Never Happened.

Huun-Huur-Tu / Carmen Rizzo / Dhani Harrison - Boidus (Music Video)

Very excited to have worked on this visualiser for Dark Horse Records’ new release from Dhani Harrison, Carmen Rizzo and Huun Huur Tu, called ‘Boidus’, the lead single off their collaborative album ‘Dreamers In The Field’ which you can find out more about here.

Sleeping in Public

Directed by Ciro Ayala

Written and Produced by Jefferson Berry

2025

Steve & Willie - Faithfully (Music Video)

Very honoured to have worked on this video for Steve Perry & Willie Nelson’s new rendition of the Journey hit ‘Faithfully’, released on Dark Horse Records.

You can find out more about the recording here.

WAR

After the collapse, men sacrificed flesh for simulation binding all future sons to an artificial eternity. Women Chose freedom. From the ashes, they forged digital avatars not to rule, but to reveal the truth. For centuries, the battle raged. A war of sexes, of ideologies... Yet neither could see the truth. The virtual world was a cage. The battle, a test. And the architect? Not man. Not woman. A savage god......watching.....learning....

Directed by Ciro Ayala
Produced by John Sterling
Artistic Vision by John Sterling and Ciro Ayala
Executive Producers Victoria Ayala and Ciro Ayala
Edited by Jean-Luc Fortier and Ciro Ayala
CGI VFX and Post Production by Provoke Films
Mixed and Mastered by Dmitriy Redko

2025

Artist Visuals — Peter Paasch

Collaboration: Artist Visuals #02 — Peter Paasch @peterpaasch
An experimental collaboration with my musician friend Peter Paasch, whom I got to know via @studio108.io the creative music studio.
Part of my ongoing artist visual series, this is an unofficial yet intuitive work shaped by the sonic language of his unreleased track.

Peter Paasch's music always stands out for its layered humor and narrative texture. This time, my synesthesia strongly kicked in—the moment I heard the track, I clearly saw colors and atmosphere in my head. The visual direction came together unusually fast.

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PeterPaasch taucht ab in die Untiefen deutscher Fernseh- und Youtube-Geschichte. Die kuriosen Doku-Statements, die er dabei zutage fördert, verwandelt er dann mit selbst produzierten Beats und Instrumentals in smart stichelnde Tanzhörspiele. Live hat er neben seinem Rechner auch immer ein, zwei Keyboards und ein Kaoss-Pad dabei. So wird’s nie langweilig.
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🎨 Visual direction & design: @ntmsth_design
🎵 Track: “VOLL GOA” (Unreleased)

I’m currently open for collaborations with artists, producers, event organizers and labels seeking a tailored visual identity.

See the details on my website, find the link on my bio!
 

Ministry of Sound Packshots

Packshots for Ministry of Sound

Commissioned by Sony Music .

Westlife Dublin Tour Visuals

Westlife – Dublin Tour Visuals

Animated Visuals for Live Arena Performance | Bold Colour & Evolving Sea Scene

Overview

I was commissioned to create bespoke motion visuals for Westlife’s Dublin tour, delivering content for multiple tracks performed across a large-scale LED stage setup. The visuals were designed to amplify the energy and emotion of the live show, using bold colours, dynamic pacing, and narrative-driven animation sequences.

Role & Tools

Role: Visual Designer, Animator
Tools Used: Cinema 4D, After Effects

Visual Style & Concept

For one of the songs, I developed a bright and vibrant visualiser, tightly synced to the music's rhythm. Using colourful patterns, pulses, and fluid transitions, this piece brought high-energy movement to the performance and matched the band's stage lighting design.

In contrast, a second track featured a more atmospheric and evolving narrative: an open sea environment rendered in 3D that began with choppy waves, thunder, and rain, gradually transitioning into calmer waters and a clearing sky. The visuals were built to mirror the emotional arc of the music, giving the audience a cinematic sense of resolution and uplift.

Process Highlights

• Designed bold, beat-synced motion graphics for LED screen playback.

• Created a 3D animated ocean environment with evolving weather systems.

• Used Cinema 4D and After Effects to achieve stylised realism and performance-safe playback formats.

• Delivered visuals formatted for multi-panel stadium LED setups.

Credits

Client: Ross Marshall - Pixel Kartel LTD
Tour: Westlife – Dublin Tour
Direction & Animation: Jacob Faulkner (Ordos)
Software: Cinema 4D, After Effects

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.

Artist Visuals — Madara

Artist Visuals #01 — Madara @echi55555_djmadara
As part of an ongoing project exploring how visual identity can reflect sonic character, I’m collaborating with independent artists to translate their sound into cover artwork and promotional visuals.

Madara (Syuichi Echigo) is a Tokyo-based DJ and producer originally from Osaka, known for reinterpreting Japanese folk traditions (min'yō) into contemporary dance music. A resident of @whitespacelab , his sets weave together tribal textures, world influences, and underground club aesthetics.

This artwork channels that hybrid energy—ritualistic, rhythmic, and raw—using a process that blends AI image generation with custom composition, color, and typographic treatment.

Visual direction & design: @ntmsth_design
Track ID: 日光和楽踊り Nikko Waraku Odori(MADARA Japanese Taiko hall Edit)/栃木県民謡-FREE DL-
Available on Soundcloud - soundcloud. com / madara-tokyo

I’m currently open for collaborations with artists, producers, event organizers and labels seeking a tailored visual identity.

See the details on my website, find the link on my bio!
 

Music Video The City Flight 2N3055

Concept, script, motion graphics, editing.

Artwork for EBM 350 song Swear To God

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Lamb Of God Tour Visuals

Lamb of God – Album Tour Visuals

Animated Stage Content Based on Original Album Art | Live Metal Tour Aesthetic

Overview

For Lamb of God’s album tour, I was commissioned by We Are Hive to create animated stage visuals that brought the band’s original album artwork to life. The goal was to retain the grit and impact of the original illustrations, while transforming them into dynamic, motion-driven content that could drive the energy of a full live metal performance.

Role & Tools

Role: Animator, Visual Designer
Tools Used: Cinema 4D, After Effects, Photoshop

Visual Style & Concept

The band’s album art is known for its dark, layered, textural aesthetic—I deconstructed these elements, rebuilt them in 3D, and added camera movement, parallax depth, and visual effects to create a series of animated environments. The visuals were designed to sync with the band’s setlist, moving between intense buildup sequences and breakdowns that matched the music’s aggressive pacing.

The animation style remained true to the tone of the original artwork, preserving its hand-crafted feel while adding motion, scale, and energy for the LED screen format.

Process Highlights

• Translated static album illustrations into animated 2.5D compositions.

• Used parallax techniques and layered textures to enhance depth on large LED displays.

• Timed visuals to match tempo shifts and key moments in the band’s performance.

• Delivered optimized visual assets for multi-panel LED playback across tour venues.

Credits

Client: We Are Hive / Lamb of God
Tour: Album Release Tour
Direction & Animation: Jacob Faulkner (Ordos)
Software: Cinema 4D, After Effects, Photoshop

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.

Seen You Before - Music Video

Seen You Before – FuturePast Zine

Looping Music Video for Digital Single | Memory, Distortion & Repetition

Overview

Seen You Before is a looping short music video commissioned by FuturePast Zine for the release of a digital single. Created as a social promo asset for Spotify and Instagram, the piece explores how memory distorts perspective, drawing visual inspiration from Inception-style recursion and spatial paradox.

Role & Tools

Role: Director, Animator, Environment Designer
Tools Used: Cinema 4D (Camera Mapping), After Effects

Visual Style & Concept

Built around the concept of memory loops and fractured timelines, the video features a seemingly ordinary room that subtly shifts and reconfigures each time the camera passes through a door. Though the setting appears unchanged, the objects, lighting, and spatial relationships morph with each cycle, creating a disorienting and poetic sense of déjà vu.

By using camera mapping techniques in Cinema 4D, I was able to texture the space with photographic realism while allowing for animated distortions and transitions. The result is a seamless, loopable video that plays with time, space, and perception — echoing the emotional ambiguity of the track it accompanies.

Process Highlights

• Used camera mapping to project real-world textures onto 3D geometry.

• Built a seamless loop that evolves subtly on each pass-through.

• Composited in After Effects to layer distortion effects and spatial transitions.

• Designed specifically for loop playback on social media platforms like Instagram and Spotify Canvas.

Credits

Client: FuturePast Zine
Direction & Animation: Jacob Faulkner (Ordos)
Software: Cinema 4D, After Effects