BLEAK NEW YORK - POSTERS

BLEAK NEW YORK is a live event series begun is November 2010, which takes place on a semi-monthly basis at THE ACHERON, a small DIY art and music space located in the Bushwick neighbourhood of Brooklyn. These events combine visual art with underground music performances.

THEOLOGIAN - THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE CD

THEOLOGIAN is the new project formed after NTT ceased operations.
This is the first "official" full length album, being released by Maryland-based label CRUCIAL BLAST. Similarly to the final album by NTT, this recording is based on themes originating with Clive Barker's novella, THE HELLBOUND HEART. Two different photographers submitted source material, which I then distilled into the uniquely striking imagery found in this layout.

HYLAS PUBLISHING - BOOK COVERS, JACKETS, MOCK-UPS AND PRODUCTION

In my capacity as a Junior Designer at this small book publisher/packager, I was faced with a variety of duties, from creating cover mock-ups for trade shows, production work and photo research for book layouts, and creating book jackets and cover layouts from the ground up. The pieces here represent all of these aspects of my time there.

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHING - CHILDREN'S MARKETING

For reasons of copyright, I am somewhat limited as far as what I can post from my professional work in the publishing industry, but here is a small sample of layouts I worked on during my time at HarperCollins.
I am obviously aware of the humour inherent in the fact that I spend the majority of my time creating these dark, dour and — some would say — "evil" pieces of artwork and music, while at other times in a professional capacity, I've found myself producing items such as these:

JARL - FRAGILE CONFRONTATION CD

Erik Jarl is a fascinating individual, who — like all good artists — seems cursed with having led a particularly difficult existence.
His audio work is beautifully intense, dark and minimal, while his personality is genuine, soft-spoken and gentle.

This was the second JARL CD I released. The layout was constructed using submitted images and text, but again I was essentially given free rein. I love the textures in these images, like corroded metal plates, or concrete that has been eroded to a smooth finish.
Interestingly enough, the same phrases could be used to describe the audio component of this album.

JARL + IRM - TSHIRT DESIGNS

Another aspect of producing musical releases is designing and printing tshirts, which are — at the most basic level — another, very effective kind of advertisement. These shirts were printed in June 2005 to sell at the first APEX FEST, where Jarl and IRM appeared live for the first (and, to date, only) time in the States.


"Virgin Mind' was released by Cold Meat Industry very shortly before Erik and Martin arrived in New York.
I released Erik's solo album "Fragile Confrontation" at roughly the same time.

KAITEN - TURNING OF THE HEAVENS CD

Kaiten is a Swedish industrial project consisting of Erik Jarl from IRM and Lirim Cajani of INSTITUT (another Cold Meat Industry act), who came to the States to perform on my dime at the first APEX FEST in June 2005, along with Martin Bladh. The name of the project originates with a World War II-era mini-submarine, which was a sort of manned torpedo that served as the nautical equivalent of "Kamikaze" planes. The Kaiten pilots would intentionally maneouvre their craft into the hulls of enemy ships in an effort to sink them. Awful.
The layout is by intention, extremely simplistic, but evocative of the subject matter called to mind by the project's name and album's title.







In keeping with the visual minimalism of the release, the discface image is simply the black logo on the raw silver of the CD.