‘They Had Faces Then’ by In Silent Movies
March 12, 2010 - By Bobby Solomon - Category: Design & Kitsune Noir & Music & Work
I haven’t shared any of my personal work in a while so I thought I’d show you this album art I created about a month ago. It was for a band called In Silent Movies, a little band from Ohio that wrote me out of the blue and asked if I’d be interested in creating artwork for their album. I took a listen to their MySpace page, liked what I heard, and decided to take on the project.
They liked the style I already had and let me go in any direction I wanted. Listening to their songs there was definitely a nautical feeling to it that I wanted to play up. Overall I went with some older images of captains and boat crashes and women falling off of cliffs. Just looking at the tracklist you can see that I was playing with certain ideas, so you get a good sense of what you’re getting into musically.
I also tried to tie things together with color, so you have this big splashes of red that catch your eye on each image. For the title I just wrote out the name and surprisingly it turned out pretty well. Funny enough I cropped out the guys face before I knew the name of the album, which is They Had Faces Then. It was a happy accident that was clearly meant to be.
I’d suggest you take a listen to their music and if you like what you hear buy their CD and get some of my art at the same time (shameless plug).
Bobby
Comments
If you've got something to say, keep it positive.Is the 2nd image based on the flood disaster 1953 in Holland?
Very cool art, well done Bobby ;-)
Just out of curiosity, why’d you include the Vesica Piscis?
really really nice illustrations!
Looks great! Where are you able to get royalty-free images of that quality to use?
@RVS – Not quite sure, I found the image randomly.
@Johan – I actually didn’t know what that was until you asked. I just thought the words needed a better background so this came to mind. If anything it’s a tribute to Mr. Mark Weaver.
@Brandon – That’s my secret :)
Really cool artwork, congrats Bobby!!
excellent, love it!
Great work, man. I just found your blog and the content on here is outstanding. I’m looking forward to reading more.
I dig the venn diagram lurking behind the title… or “Vesica Piscis” as @johnkanesmith put it.
You call it “Vesica Piscis,” I call it the Flickr logo.
Artwork looks good though!