Lady Daisey: Wonderfully Lost.
This illustration was for Lady Daisey‘s album, which at the time was called “Wonderfully Lost“. She sent me a reference picture from Flight Of The Concords and asked if I could do something similar. The concept seemed easier when I looked at the picture but, in the end I made it much harder than it was. The idea was to draw Daisey and Batsauce in a collage of images that represented travel. They gave me a list of images and a group of their photos to draw from.
This is where i went wrong. I put too much detail in places where, it wouldn’t show up after adding the travel images. I drew Daisey & Bat to a satisfactory likeness and didn’t wanna lose what I had. In all actuality, I should’ve stopped and started over. I found myself drawing around the characters’ detail and it dictated the cover’s direction. Instead of going collage, I went more realistic. Where the travel images were to be the main focus, I made the characters more dominant. They wanted more imagery and I gave more detail. The moral of the story is, there’s a fine line between what looks good and what someone’s asking you for.
Fast forward to the present time, Daisey’s album is in stores now and it’s not called “Wonderfully Lost”. It’s called “In My Pocket” and the cover art was done by Daisey herself. For those who don’t know, Daisey’s also an excellent graphic designer who’s been at it for a long time. She dropped a design that went really well with her label’s (BBE) outfit and I was very pleased when I saw it. So do yourself a favor and check out the sounds that brought on these visuals. Big up Daisey!
The word is... aint no one dying over spilled ink!
I love this! You did a great job illustrating us and it really was what we asked for. The cover concept took so many turns, it was hard to keep up! It was like settling on a name for our first born baby!
Ultimately, “simple” was the key and it all worked out. I’m still gonna holla for our next project, cuz your style is supa fresh!! See you in October bro!! xoxo
You know… when i saw the cover you came with, I was like, “now THAT’s the move!” But i can understand the pressures that a first album can bring. I still haven’t finished mine and I’ve been working on it for years. We’ll be kicking it next week homie, see you at A3C!
I’m glad you mention this. I’m suppose to be working on lex boogie Broady champ international cd and i was thinking about the travel theme. I already had simple in mind plus i found some vintage travel posters so i make sure to stick to the theme. But both album covers are dope. The hair detail on Daisy is crazy!!!!
Preciate ya my G, cuz you know i went too far on that hair, lol! I forgot all kinds of guidelines on this one and really missed big time. You’ll never lose if you stick to the client’s concept.
still dope bro! keep up the great work!
I’m tryin bro, been heavily pushing myself towards new visions lately.
Man That sounds like what I was doing to this Kaos cover. Slowed all the damn bells and whistle and just went simple. I like it better now. HAAAAAA! That shit still look fly as birds braddah! HAAAAAAAAA! FANGGGGGGGG!!!
Don’t it suck to have all them ideas that you know you shouldn’t be trying? Where’s the method for making you fall-back from yourself?? Glad you was able to control that Kaos cover my man, I know that one was driving you up the wall!