SLEEVE v4 Proof without Die

IVY & MOSS Explorations

MOSS 1 (Copy)

MOSS 2 (Copy)

MOSS 3 (Copy)

IVY 1 (Copy)

IVY 2 (Copy)

IVY 3 (Copy)

SLEEVE v3 Proof without Die

ALTERNATE SLEEVE v3 Proof

I understand that perhaps you are wanting to have some fluidity in the background, and some other element that provides unexpected visual interest, and leads the eye across the panels, to break up the solid background and I can appreciate that desire.

You have created a consistent visual/conceptual environment—the gray stone, the vintage Daguerreotype photographs, the dreamy roses and highway, and the gold gothic-style embossed title fonts—it is very cohesive, in fantastical, medieval, Game of Thrones style visual richness. I immediately thought of ivy vines playfully enveloping a castle wall, so did this quick mockup.

I wanted to provide a quick option that visually creates the energy that you are looking for, but stays within the overall concept you have created. The paint splotches conceptually are not really working (for me)—they suggest late 1980s MTV, which is not a bad thing, if that was the overall concept for the rest of the piece. Or, sometimes the introduction of an unexpected conceptual visual disconnect is the desired experience in many instances.

I am of course wanting to provide you with the paint splotches if that is what you are wanting, but felt it was my responsibility to provide a more consistent design alternative for you to review.

Side Note: A Cool Bit of History…

The blurred figure in the corner of this 1838 photograph is widely considered the first human being ever caught on camera.

Louis Daguerre took the picture from the window of his studio near Place du Château-d'Eau, looking out over the Boulevard du Temple. The street was so packed with theaters performing crime melodramas that Parisians nicknamed it the Boulevard of Crime.

The exposure took several minutes to develop, long enough that every carriage, horse, and pedestrian crossing the frame simply vanished from the final image. Only one man stayed still long enough to register: someone getting his shoes shined by a boy crouched at his feet.

Neither of their names was ever recorded. Daguerre revealed his invention to the French Academy of Sciences less than a year later, in January 1839, and the process he used in this photograph went on to define photography for the next two decades.