The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
Examples of 60s Psychedelic Album Covers
A course by Steve Simpson , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Examples of 60s Psychedelic Album Covers
Overview
“In this lesson I will show and discuss examples of psychedelic genre artwork I’ve discovered online.”
In this video lesson Steve Simpson addresses the topic: Examples of 60s Psychedelic Album Covers, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering. Combine illustration and lettering to create unique designs that complement the music they accompany.
Partial transcription of the video
“EXAMPLES OF 60s PSYCHEDELIC ALBUM COVERS In this lesson we are going to look at examples of psychedelic covers from the late 60s. There are many different examples, some of these are for children and some for adults, some are more cartoony, some of them use photography. What pulls them all together is the colours and also the typography, the way the two things come together. The colours are very bright and colourful. I really like the way that typography is usually set into shapes. Of course there's The Beatles, lots of colours, examples where we see shapes, where typography fits directly i...”
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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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