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About the Project

This book project has over 100 hand drawn illustrations which I then turned into digital images using the Adobe software suite.

Meditations for Musicians is a 156 page musical guidebook written by New Zealand born, New York based musician and composer Leah Jane. Leah Jane commissioned me to illustrate and design her manuscript, which centers experimental and unconventional approaches to music making. What followed was a close collaboration in which I did the editing, layout, printing, illustration, social media graphics and style assist for promotional photographs.

Softwares Used

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Fonts

Mixam Printing Services

Spine, front cover and back cover design. Back cover author’s portrait was styled, photographed and edited by me in Leah Jane’s home recording studio.

Promotional photograph for the Meditations for Musicians release. Here Leah Jane’s book was stacked alongside all the books that had inspired her writing. Concept, creative direction and styling by me. Photograph by Paul Blair Gordon.

interior spread

sample digital spreads

limited edition tote bag design

From left to right shows the progression of cover design for Leah Jane’s book until the final image was reached.

A selection of graphics for Leah Jane’s social media accounts. I created a 10 day countdown in anticipation for the release. I took all photographs and did the illustrations, styling and design.