Book Cover Illustation – ‘A Pictorial History of Jazz’
This book cover was designed as part of my work at University. I chose to incorporate an existing photo (source unknown) of Miles Davis, and introduce some texture to my folio.
The use of scanned ink blots / splashes was intended to draw on the often forgotten stories of Jazz masters such as trumpet player, Chet Baker, who abandoned a life of women, fame and riches in favour of Heroin, which eventually led to his teeth being broken by an angry drug dealer. Without teeth, he never really played again. Even Miles Davis suffered through a Heroin addiction.
Of course, being a trumpet player, myself, I enjoyed this brief. 