Music Album Graphic Series
A passion project born from my desire to interpret some of my favorite albums. Scope: Visual design, Copywriting, Printing, Scanning, Editing
Deliverables: 12 posters
Tools: Adobe Photoshop
A Project of Passion
While listening to a song from a favorite album, a particular line inspired me to design a poster for fun, something I hadn't done in a while. I used a new technique from a favorite content creator: printing digital posters, scanning them back in for texture, and adjusting threshold and contrast for depth and a grungy feel. I continued using this technique in a series of posters based on some of my favorite albums.
Drag the posters around to re-arrange them!
Process
Analog Meets Digital
Working with a variety of printers was essential to achieving the distinct textures that define this series. I also listened to each album while designing its corresponding poster, allowing the music to influence the mood, pacing, and overall visual direction of each composition.
Although I refined many of the colors throughout the process, I aimed to create a cohesive series where every poster feels connected while maintaining its own unique identity. To push the visuals further, I transformed stock photography into original compositions through layering, masking, blending modes, and print-based textures. Combining these digital techniques with scanned materials allowed me to move beyond the original imagery and create artwork that feels immersive, tactile, and uniquely my own.
Because my portfolio primarily features UX/UI projects, I saw this series as an opportunity to showcase another side of my practice. It reflects my ability to blend digital and analog techniques, experiment with materials, and create expressive visual systems—demonstrating my versatility as a multidisciplinary designer.
Details
Close-up on the Details
Through these posters, I embraced an experimental process that combined digital design with analog techniques. For McCartney II, I hand-drew the album’s letterforms to reflect the album’s quirkiness and irregularity, while for MM..FOOD, I illustrated the foam on the beer to better integrate it into the composition and enhance its playful, cartoon-like quality, reflecting the treatment of the actual album cover.
From scanned paper textures and hand-drawn graphics to subtle color adjustments and layered compositions, each detail was carefully considered to enhance the mood and identity of the album it represents.