I designed this cover for is the newest EP, Pure, released by PatchBay. He is already 11º on the Top 100 in Psy-Trance at Beatport.com, by the time of this post.
The concept of the cover is simple. He asked me if I could use some water on the cover to relate with te purity of the water, and the water god in India.
Since I’m not that high on my concepts, I searched for something more earth related to create the cover, but also keeping in mind my clients concept.
He is one of the best musicians I know. He dedicates all of his time to music, it’s unbelievable how much he likes to craft music, and the fun he has doing it. So I started to work on that concept: the pure fun and joy to do something. I remenbered a video I saw about dolphins having fun with ring bubbles, and I found that those dolphins were having their fun, in the most pure way.
That’s the story of this cover. A beautiful cover, in my opinion.
Here goes the video of the dolphins. Quite entertaining.
The Jack of All Trades
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” Robert A. Heinlein
This just caught my eye at Webdesigner Depot. In my opinion, the Jack of all trades will always be a great professional, since he can see things from different perspectives. A designer that can code a little, will design things thinking if the coding if possible. He doesn’t need to be an Ace in 4 different languages of webcode. He just needs to know his way around some HTML/CSS and PHP, for example, and his layouts will be more solid than from a designer that knows nothing about code.The other way is also true. A master coder, with a little knowledge of design and layout will pay attention to the details of the layout, and not make the mistakes usually seen when a designer sends a layout (PSD ) for the coder, and when the site comes back, it is a bit different, with things not precisely aligned, different font sizes and so on.
A lot of things can be improved with a a little knowledge. I’m ultimately driven by knowledge, and that’s first thing a Jack needs to have. Do you consider yourself a Jack?
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