Matata “Super Morio” Album Artwork
I’m a big lover of music. I enjoy it and my work is much more fun when I have some of my favorite artists playing in the background.
I was really honored when @matataofficial a Kenyan music band and a dance group based in Oslo, Norway reached out to work on their album art for their new musical project, "Super Morio”.
For this Artwork, I went with a more painterly, colorful & detailed style, and here’s what I came up with.
References; I was lucky to participate in the beta testing of mind journey ai at the time. I used it to create concepts and ideas that could further develop into the artwork. I liked the large sun idea on the last image as well as the sunset colors of the
I also had collected other images provided by the client and from google searches to assist in conceptualisation and sketching.
Step 1: Rough Sketches
Step 2: Sketch refinement & Linework
Step 3: Values Exploration
Step 4: Flat colors
A variant of the layout design
A wide 16:9 variant of the design
A timelapse of the painting process