Latest Night Slugs EP is Lil Silva’s Night Skanker, it’s out tomorrow, as usual I’ve done some work on possible concepts for the cover.

I’m having difficulties with ownership of work and people repeatedly saying it’s your ability to imagine an idea and not the technical skills to realise that idea that’s important. Ok, idea is key but when you hire photographer, illustrator, coder etc. to carry out said idea can you really claim ownership of the final product? In the art exhibition the artists work is always bigger than the curators but in graphic design it seems fame is reversed; designer plays role of curator, employs the artists and basks in the limelight. This seems to be pretty much most of the game at the moment. So much has to be said for development of an idea through process, ranging from mistakes made, a designers unique style and to pushing the boundaries of what a technology can actually do. I’m very much in the thought sphere that knowledge of technical process can only aid the creative outcome and not restrict it. With all that in mind I’m not sure how much ownership I can really take for these, at the end of the day it’s Alex’s vision that brings them to life. It’s also very much his direction and choice at the end of the day, hopefully my thoughts offer him something to spark off.

Anyway, key theme here was ENERGY which resulted in looking at the structure of dams. My ideas part i / part ii.

Cover after the jump.