Context:
Keely Denham is an Australian busking singer I met in Porto. This project involved close collaboration with Keely and her producer Nicolle Maia to define the illustration style and technique that would visually translate the emotional sensibility of Keely’s songs.
Keely Denham is an Australian busking singer I met in Porto. This project involved close collaboration with Keely and her producer Nicolle Maia to define the illustration style and technique that would visually translate the emotional sensibility of Keely’s songs.
Challenge:
To capture and convey the delicate beauty and mood of Keely’s music through imagery while working within a low-budget framework for physical and digital promotional materials.
To capture and convey the delicate beauty and mood of Keely’s music through imagery while working within a low-budget framework for physical and digital promotional materials.
Graphic Solution:
• Created a series of watercolor paintings that illustrate Keely’s songs and create a cohesive visual link between her CDs.
• Designed low-cost CD poster envelopes crafted from a single A4 sheet to keep production affordable.
Impact:
The project successfully translated Keely’s musical sensibility into a visual language that enhances the listener’s experience and supports her independent music career with distinctive, heartfelt artwork.
The project successfully translated Keely’s musical sensibility into a visual language that enhances the listener’s experience and supports her independent music career with distinctive, heartfelt artwork.
My Role:
Illustrator and designer responsible for the concept, watercolor paintings, physical packaging design, and digital promotional materials, working collaboratively with the artist and her producer.
Illustrator and designer responsible for the concept, watercolor paintings, physical packaging design, and digital promotional materials, working collaboratively with the artist and her producer.
First original painting
Leaves Cover
Envelope and label.
Like (Dying) cover
Animation by Alexandre Bisognin.
Blue Leaves Cover
Launching concert at Selina Navis Cowork (Porto).
