 Anyway, the images below all hails from the time I hunted for apropriet imagery for the first official release. I did en up with Luis Royo because of how fitting his imagery was with what I created musically. Artists I chose not to license work from (or could not) were: Brian Froud (who does not get involved in CD-cover licences), Jonathon Bowser (whose work I admire, but unfortuanly does not fit well with the music of Elvira Madigan) and finally Julie Bell (who's made an image I finally didn't license due to Luis Royos more fitting images and due to economic factors). While comparing my options Luis Royo became the obvious one. I have since long admired his work and was actually surprised I didn't realise how fitting it was sooner than I did. I do of course realize it was the very best choice. |
Unused "Blackarts" imagery Click image for close-up "If You at first don't succeed, try and try again". Whoever came up with that saying truly knew what he was talking about. One learnes so very much by just fooling around with imagery and even though some things never get used, You have always learned something in the process. That was defenitly the case with the image shown above. It was intended as the "backside" of the booklet together with a front cover image by artist Julie Bell (which image was that? Well I can't tell You since I didn't cash licensing fee). This homemade image was however dismissed since I obviously chose not to license her artwork. The picture is pieced together with digital scans of selfmade acrylic paintings and a picture of myself from the first ever photosession. It does look rather vibrant and "lush" but do unfortuanly appear far too amatuerish.  Click image for close-up Accompanying the first presented image was the one shown right above. It was basically a lyrical sheet spawned in the very same way and excluded for the very same reasons. It's a lyrical sheet I remember I spent an enormous amount of time on. Why I didn't type the titles the way I did on this example on the actual version that made it into print is beyond me. This does in fact look better!
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(...Continuing from left column:) Of all the graphics I have made myself prior to the "Blackarts" release this (shown below) was the coverimage that made it closest to production. It obviously didn't so I removed the title of the album and used it for some time as the cover image for the unreleased selftitled debut.  Click image for close-up Since then I discovered I actually didn't have the larger original image stored anywhere so I was forced to forget about ever using it. I seem to only have smaller copies backup:ed and nothing large enough for printing. It was done by digital photographs I did myself of different furniture in my own home! The lady and the goat hails from a large clock I have inhereted and since I still have that clock, perhaps I'll photograph it again sometime and use the images on future EM graphics! Ha! Nah, I don't think so... It does look rather underground-ish. Well that was what I had to show. This is a rather small section and not that vital but just as easy as I could exclude it, I could include it as well. And no harm was done! Just as I said earlier I always design several images that never make it into print. I also fool around in larger extents with images applying the EM logotype just to see how things look. I then store them somewhere and whenever it is time for an album release I check out my previous work to see what applies. That is how I decide on final licensings for each album. So "fooling around" is quite important for the final product.  |