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

Hark the Sound 2010 is going to be an awesome show! I offered to do this poster last minute to help out a friend (and you know i never pass up a chance to do some design), but sometimes those designs are the ones that end up growing on me the most  Hope you enjoy!!

-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

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-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

So I came across a could different postings on creative lighting that I thought I would share with everyone. I’ve been on this interior design kick trying to make my living space more me, but these articles are always interesting anyway. I hope you are inspired and just enjoy the images J

The Fiat Lux Lamp by Constance Guisset and Grégory Cid

This lamp uses magnetism and a floating orb “switch” to fill your room with light.

Next is one of my favorites the Sticky Lamp. The lamps have adhesive back which stick to any surface. Use them for just lighting up your space or interesting wall art. You can purchase for $47 at gSelect.

Last is the Oyule lamp series. Sergio Silva (an industrial designer) takes us in a time warp using oil to provide light in very modern day light bulbs.

Last night I went to The Cave in Chapel Hill, NC to see my brother play with Frankie Goodrich and Matt Bowen in the Band Cool Kid Collective (CKC ROCKS MY FACE…you need to check them out). It’s Chapel Hill, so I never know really what’s in store for me, but this bar was an awesome little hole in the wall, and it really felt like you were in a cave (I was almost a little claustrophobic). All around, it was just a very quaint bar where you couldn’t help but feel comfortable.

One of the guys’ friends, Hogan, whose main form of art is architecture (very geometric, balanced and structured) but also does a lot of graffiti/tag art for the band, was out last night as well. We talked once about collaborating on some designs, but just never really got a chance to go forward with any of it. But last night the collaborative efforts merged when the bartender handed Hogan a Sharpie and said, “sure you can draw anywhere but the bar top”.  What…..what was that????????? When i bartender hands you a Sharpie and says go at it…you don’t take that for granted….EVER!  :)

So Hogan started it off…with what look like a phallic symbol (you can only guess)…and from there we took turns adding elements, talking and seeing where we wanted the final drawing to end up once we got the initial pieces. All in all since we were at the CKC show it ended up that we did a skull version of the band, Frankie, J.D., and Matt with all their instruments and the CKC tagged logo (i made sure my brother was the skull with the biggest head haha he was a big headed child what can i say).

But all in all I think this starts off my design study for CKC. I wish I had a better image of the final, but the place was next to dark and the flash blew the entire image out. But it’s possibly something to build a style off for the band and I can retrace in illustrator and continue with the drawing. I also acquired knowledge of their tag line “CKC ROCKS MY FACE” (from Amy’s lovely tag on the table) which I LOVE and will definitely make sure to put in the designs.

Hogan/Rachelle Collaborative Sketch on the table at The Cave (Chapel Hill, NC)

THANKS FOR DRAWING WITH ME, HOGAN!!! I look forward to more doodle sessions!

SCRIBE MUNDO DE PAPEL from ladies on Vimeo.

Raz Ohara and the Odd Orchestra (Apparat Remix) from zka11 on Vimeo.

I found this video in my searches on Artbistro.com and this photographer is amazing, the pictures have such beautiful colors and depth, and depict a very intimate look at the faces of these people.

As quoted from the ArtBistro online article, “Photographer Hans Silvester spent several years in Ethopia documenting the art and lives of the Omo River Valley inhabitants. The Omo people decorate their faces and bodies with natural pigments, plants, and feathers.”