The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
Course final project
A course by Steve Simpson , Designer and Illustrator
About the final project for: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
The art of covers: illustration meets lettering
“Dear students, we have reached the end of the course, hope you have enjoyed the process. Thank you so much for taking my course. I look forward to seeing your hard work in the forum. You now have the option to repeat the lessons, pick another song and create a “B” side for your record.”
Partial transcription of the video
“FINAL PROJECT In this video I'd like to do a recap of the course and the reasoning behind every step we have taken. I started talking about my 35 year journey as a creative, studying technical illustration, working in comics and animation and how this has influenced my style, my approach, my final illustrations today. In addition I introduced some of the illustrators and designers that have inspired the love for the things I do today. And then I presented the materials you needed for this course and how to use them. We looked at examples of 60s psychedelic album covers we discovered online ...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Lettering, Traditional illustration
Steve Simpson
A course by Steve Simpson
With over 30 years of experience, Steve Simpson is renowned for his hand-lettered packaging design, whimsical characters, and illustrated barcodes. His distinctive style, inspired by the arts & crafts movement, 50s advertising, and folk art, has appeared on everything from a 1" postage stamp to a 200 feet screen in Times Square. His work has adorned whiskey bottles and cough bottles, boardgames and board rooms, hot sauces and ceramic saucers.
Since 2008, Steve has won over 50 awards for both packaging design and illustration, including Gold awards from the Association of Illustrators, Illustrators Guild of Ireland, the IDI and ICAD. He's been an awards judge for Adobe, 3x3, and the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators, and is also a founding member of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland and OFFSKETCH.
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