How to Make a Desert Noises CD Cover

New Album Art

This is the cover for some new album art I'm making. This is all cut from a sheet of paper, about 6x6". I want to do more little scenes like this.

Below is the sketch I decided to go with for the cover. I love the look of silhouettes and describing objects by their shapes. I've painted over the album title, because the musician is still deciding between a few really great titles. The music is absolutely beautiful and I can't wait until the album comes out.

Desert Noises

Desert Noises just had their CD release party last night and the place was packed. Andy and I had a blast listening to RuRu and his brother, then Desert Noises. 

Last November I was asked to do the cover and CD art for the album and I was given carte blanche for content, treatment, etc. I decided to try something entirely new to me and I made a diorama. All the images you see are photographs of a minitaure cliff sprinkled with an untimely snow. The back cover sports a centaur made from a miniature of a horse and a separate minitaure of a farmer.

The process was really new and fun for me and I took a lot of photos. I think I'll post some of 'em later. In the meantime, you can get the CD from Northplatte Records, Graywhale or through iTunes.

If This is What the Clairvoyants Had Guessed At, They'd Be Right

Did I mention that I made a CD? It has 27 songs on it and each song is different!

It costs $10 and you can buy it without mom and dad's permission.

If you want a copy, just email me at jess.smiley@gmail.com or send me a message in a paper airplane.