Hi everyone. It's been a while since I talked about the artworks that I have used so I thought I would address some of the beautiful photos that I had the privilege to use for my music for the springtime this year.
The first couple are actually from the winter months but I thought I'd cover Jan-Apr.
The photo for “And Then It Went Dark” was taken by George Palmer who is the husband of my cousin, Caroline. George takes absolutely breath taking shots and as soon as I saw this one I knew I had to use it. It is amazing. The detail in the night sky with the silhouette of the oak made me me think how beautiful the darkness can be. It's a toss up between this and my artwork to “Third Perspective” as to which is my favourite. As usual, my logo is hidden somewhere in the shot if you can find it! The piece I associate with this image the most is “We Wait For Nightingales”. The font was used as a nod to the X files or a typewriter.
I get a lot of my stock images from vecteezy.com as there are so many talented photographers out there sharing their images for the world to see. I wanted something very sparse for the image on this artwork and decided to use the play on words of “Tokio Myers” to find a Japanese themed background and the cherry blossom stood out for me. I think it is simple but elegant. I wanted to use a similarly elegant font to match the picture.
Completely the opposite here! I wanted bold and brash and in you face! Again, this is from vecteezy and is a photo of an abstract painting. So much modern piano music is aimed at felt and soft piano to use as background music and “Unashamedly” was not that! i really love playing this piece and each time I see the artwork it makes me smile so I think it does it's job! I wanted to use a punchy bold text for the artwork and underline it for greater effect.
This shot was taken by my father in law, Robin Davy, of my daughters sandals when we were at Frinton beach one day. All of the tracks on this EP are dedicated to my family and I liked this intimate shot to portray the title of the EP. I wanted to use what I would describe as quite young text to imitate a child's writing. It is a very nostalgic photo for me.