THIS IS MELBOURNE COMPILATION CD

This is a compilation CD that is about to come out as a free give away...
It features a group of really talented Melbourne bands including:

Illzilla
Melodics
Labjacd
San Lazaro
The Public Opinion Afro Ochestra
Diafrix

We were trying to think of a name/concept for the compilation and I came up with an idea to reference the film 'This Is England' and just call it 'This Is Melbourne.'
So I worked with the colours and type style of the movie and sketched up a Melbourne-looking kid - still with his finger up and with braces, but with black jeans, a flannel, a stetson hat and an el-coolio hair style...

I had a lot of info to work with on the back so I created a sectioned off grid to keep all the dates and info readable and not toooo cluttered. I'm really happy with this one, it makes me laugh :)







Reference For 'This Is Melbourne'

MELODICS 'LIVE FROM NOWHERE EP'

Here is the front and back cover of Melodics' new live in the studio EP.
I thought of calling the EP 'Live From Nowhere' as a way of making it a lil different from just the usual 'live in the studio' thang... Then thought of the idea of illustrating us all in 'nowhere.' The bird's eye perspective was just a nice way of capturing the band in an interesting way; I often think of how different things look from different angles and I guess from above is one that you rarely see a band from. I used the muted colours on the yellow because I feel it suits the sound of the new EP... you can hear it at: www.myspace.com/melodics

DETAILS FROM MELODICS 'LIVE FROM NOWHERE EP'

Here is a detail of myself and Fantastic Mr Fox on the synths...

PABLO DISCOBAR & MELODICS

I created this poster last week for an up coming show with Pablo & Melodics. I designed their debut EP which I developed the phone branding for, which I took and updated for this poster. I used my favourite post-punk colours {yellow/pink} to give it a poppy edge and it came up looking very Pop Art indead...

NOISEFEST 2009

I finished this poster design yesterday for a mini festival at Prince Of Wales. The heading is a hand-drawn font {which I've been loving recently} the mega-phone is also hand-drawn. The rest is vector including the dirty paint style which I created out of original ink texture {importing then live-tracing}.

EXTENDED FAMILY {SYD}

This is a job I've just completed for a blues band from Sydney called Extended Family. They wanted a new branding with a bluesy, down and out feel with warm colours and a bit of a narrative. We decided to call the EP 'Yesterday Morning' ... This is what I came up with...