Dog Pile Album Art

 

Date: 2022

Inspiration:

     My friend Sunny (who's in the band) commissioned me for this self titled EP cover for their band Dog Pile, a prairie punk ban. They specifically asked for the a varsity font and a fight cloud like the ones in older cartoons so the inspiration was pretty restricted, yet I maintained my own taste for the project.

How I did it:

    I used adobe illustrator for the entire graphic. I initially drew the fight cloud by hand before going over it again in illustrator.

What I'm Proud of:

    Honestly I'm not a big fan of 'tracing' a drawing in illustrator but I'm quite happy with how it came out, especially the halftones in the shadows of the clouds. It was nice to get out of my comfort zone.

To Improve Upon: 

    Unfortunately the art never ended up being used because it was too 'violent'? Band drama on their end I think but next time I would have like to give it more of a punk feel, I think using exclusively illustrator took away from the DIY look that so many punk bands go for. Hell, maybe the clean illustrator look was to combat the already existing aesthetic, who knows.