Well today I got Kanye West’s And Jay Z’s new collaboration album Watch The Throne, I don’t know if I’m late on this or not since I’ve been listening to a lot of old underground lately, because the mainstream scene right now is sorta ugly fisting some shit single to become a radio and video overnight hit successes to get that ad revenue or iTunes buys. Anyways so disconnected from that scene I see some very high class design for a CD which almost makes me want to go to a record store and get a copy, I ask whats going on here “is this your work?”, and he said nah its the Watch The Throne packaging. (Shouts to JuiceMuny @ Purple CUP Designs). Anyways yea I avoid mainstream but when it comes to Jay Z or Kanye, I’m with it, but a entire album collaboration with both artists it deserves a full listen through track to track no skipping, and no touching the volume, which it got and its dope worth having in your collection/rotation. So go out buy it or iTunes or whatever you do. Anyways continue viewing the rest of the article to check out the album packaging design by Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci, plus a alternative concept.
Mixtape Cover PSD #1, By GrahamPhisher, Free professional mixtape cover psd aka template with only 15 layers and all labeled, text is easy to change, and this psd even comes with instructions on easily replacing the main character on the cover, feel free to use this cover for anything you want, but this PSD may not be republished under another name, if you want to use it for a tutorial please contact me at me@grahamphisher.com.
24 year old male artist Miami Kaos, is one of the biggest names in mixtape cover design among DJ’s and graphic designers. MK is best known for his signature photorealistic painting style, which is kept secret, despite the 100 of question topics across art forums asking how to achieve this style. I first saw MK’s work back in 2007 on a DJ Trigga mixtape (Jay-Z Vs. Lil Wayne), the cover artwork was a manipulation of Jay Z knocking Lil Wayne in the side of the face, having no idea who the DJ was, and not really caring too much about Jay’s or Wayne’s music, the artwork convinced me to download the mixtape. Well recently I came in contact with MK, after he twittered a article on GrahamPhisher.com, which led to this interview, enjoy.
People were requesting a mixtape cover tutorial, so this is what I came out with, please note I was not trying to do a pro job on the cover in the vid, but to go over the basics of a album cover.
