How I Designed a Band’s Entire Album Cycle

Album artwork, digital art, and visual storytelling all come together in this graphic design process for VEMOD’s upcoming album, The Self & Oblivion.

In this video, I’m taking you through the process of building an entire visual world around the album, from the initial ideas and visual exploration to the album artwork, singles, merch designs, and art direction.

VEMOD is a progressive metal band from Sweden, and the goal was to create a visual identity that could carry across the entire album cycle rather than just designing a single album cover.

If you’re interested in seeing how an album comes together visually from start to finish, I hope you enjoy the process.

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Discovery
01:53 - Research and Ideation
03:01 - First Iterations
04:22 - A Small Problem
05:27 - Designing the Artwork for the Singles
08:48 - Photoshoot
09:57 - Merch Designs
11:02 - Art Direction PDF
11:37 - Final Results

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