TRANSISTOR IS HERE. Just wanted to get some initial pictures up for everyone to see how awesome the design came out. I am SOOOO excited about this piece, combined with the music, we all rocked the project!!!

I’ll have more pictures of the inside sections and details later this week.

The guys did an excellent job with the music on this album. I hope I did a equally good job visually representing this amazing work. (You guys totally Coldplay’d the crap out of this album!) Epic!

<3 Contessa

Sneak Peak at the album artwork for “Transistor”. I’m really excited about this artwork, it all just kind of came together perfectly. This is just a teaser, but when you see the entire design together you’ll be amazed. I this will be in one of the top designs I do over the span of my lifetime

You’re Friendly Neighborhood Design Nerd
-Contessa

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Design by: Sonia Rachelle Leath
Photo by: Dave Brainard

So I’m creating the album artwork for the new album by the Jason Adamo Band - “Transistor”. They’ll be releasing the new single on iTunes and below is the promo image for that single. Check them out!! Not just because they are friends of mine but this album is amazing!!! Production and music on this album are phenomenal! ENJOY the visual and I’ll have links for the audio up soon! And stay tuned for the revealing of the full album artwork for TRANSISTOR!

http://jasonadamomusic.com/

Just a sneak peak at some of my new album artwork. This one is for “Steve-ing the Story” by Steve Smith. Once the full artwork is complete I’ll tell how the concept came about thru talking with Steve. Enjoy -Contessa

As someone who has been immersed in the music world since BEFORE birth, I have a great love and respect for everything music. My family is very musically inclined, from mom and dad to my brother and sister, but somehow I fell onto the artistic end of the creative genes (no complaints here though…i love it!).

However, I am not without musical aspirations. I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. I’d listen to friends growing up, going to live shows, coffee house gigs, listening to my parents’ band practice, and more, and I just never got around to learning how to play since I got so involved in my design. Personally, I’d rather paint, draw or photograph a musician than play (oh…and I have stage fright too that might be another reason).

I wanted to somehow combine my love of music with my deep passion for art/design (which music and art can be so closely related anyway). This will be my first of many “Musically Inspired Design” posts.

First focus: GUITARS!

Some guitars are just gorgeous in their naturally made form, color, intricate detail, curves and lines. It’s just an all around pleasing structure. But as beautiful as a guitar can be on it’s own, I wanted to show you artists’ use of this instrument as a base canvas to create their own art. Below is a collection of inked, painted and decorated guitars, with vibrant color and detail. Some of the images have links below to the source so you can read more about each guitar and artist, and see more images. I hope you enjoy the collection, and I added a little childhood throwback for good measure!! In the future I plan on buying an old guitar and creating some design of my own. I’ll post images when that is complete!

If you know any other artists I should look up for their custom guitar decor please comment and let me know. Send links, images, etc!

Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Special Engraved Guitar

Kama Sutra Guitar by RKS

DA Guitar by MrGone2001

Chaos Guitar

Custom Fender by ADAMGF

Acoustic Moon by Jeremyville

My Guitar by Ithiel

Guitar by Venonded

Guitar by Blues Boy Burd

Obey Guitar

Custom Paint by Cathee Clausen Fine Arts

(and just for fun!) TMNT Custom Paint by Paul Reed Smith

Some information found on DesignFlavr.com. Also posted on facebook become a fan of SRL Design.