Listening to: Portasound – dreadnought

London 5 piece PORTASOUND are fucking awesome! They fuse soaring melodies, driving rhythms and wonky riffs they’ve created a genre bending soundtrack of instrumental electronica to accompany their own fictional narrative. Influenced by folk legends, classic novels and film narratives, they create a sense of filmic purpose in each of their songs.

The Second Renaissance EP is the band’s attempt to bring these narrative influences to life. It contains the story of a great cataclysm, the ensuing battle between light and dark forces, the creation of a rebellion and the birth of the hero.Brace yourselves for a high-speed 22 minute sonic journey atop a giant synth with the legs of a horse and head of a Minotaur!

I have worked closely with the band to try and tell this story though the 4 main pieces of artwork acompanying the artwork. 4 images for the four songs.

Portasound – The Second Renaissance
I. Dreadnought
II. Messerschmitt
III. To the Colours
IV. Polaris

I will post a full blog post of the making of, development and theory of the artwork when the record comes out.

A Video has been put together for the First single form the EP – Dreadnought:

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Last week I wrapped up this cover for The Welcome Committee. Lovely guys to work with they seemed pretty pleased with outcome – always great to have a satisfied customer.

Below is an alternative option i sent them that i thought you might be interested in seeing. I actually like the composition of this one but the darker night scene seems to capture the new record pretty well. I dont always send an alternative over but sometimes its just hard to pick!

Here is a sneek peak of a poster to accompany the latest issue of FLOOD magazine – a publication on UK gig posters. This poster is tips and advice for people concidering to hire a UK poster artists.

I’ll post the full version very soon.

A commision for The Financial Times Weekend Suppliment. An Article based on JP Morgans
effect on the ‘Credit Crunch’.

Illustration for Songlines Magazine’s best world music albums of 2008.

Article about the genetics of seeds and plant Heritage. Read the full article here.

We were asked to do a range of illustrated products for Habitat Including bed linen, mugs, trays, cushions and rugs. They are now available in stores now.

A commision for The Financial Times Weekend Suppliment. An Article based on JP Morgans
effect on the ‘Credit Crunch’. ( Story Continuation )

Various editorials for velocity magazine.

Typographic design, being printed really soon.