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Worst place you've ever broken down? Drop it below. Asking for an album cover.
Tenth Mountain Division named their album after the town in Louisiana where their van died. So the brief was: make a swamp look like a fond memory.
Cover, back, CD digipak, LP jacket, center labels, a badge that ended up on everything, and the poster for the release show at the Mishawaka. It sold out. I'm not saying the poster did that.
Drawn in Procreate, finished in Illustrator.
Full case study: https://contra.com/p/mggPbEkA-butte-la-rose-album-art-for-a-van-that-broke-down-in-louisiana
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