Jacob Deakin's Work | ContraWork by Jacob DeakinJacob Deakin
graphic design, motion and creative technology.
Album cover designed for Spanish musician CAPER, marking our third collaboration. Created while CAPER was signed to Warner Music Spain, the artwork was produced largely digitally, drawing on the visual style established in our previous collaboration, Spanish Ritalin, to maintain continuity across his releases. I designed the cover for Runaway, the latest single by London post-punk band Soft. Responding to the band’s brief for something visceral yet gentle, I used TouchDesigner to create audio-reactive visuals driven by the track itself. The resulting artwork extended beyond the cover into a visualiser, creating a cohesive visual identity for the release. Album cover designed for Spanish musician CAPER, marking our third collaboration. Created while CAPER was signed to Warner Music Spain, the artwork was produced largely digitally, drawing on the visual style established in our previous collaboration, Spanish Ritalin, to maintain continuity across his releases. Monuments - A visual essay
Standing stones are a stepping stone to spark a conversation. These monuments are a physical manifestation of continuity, but does this practice highlight a cost? We are so set on erecting stones to say we are here, protecting the past at the expense of our future. What can we change to create spaces where innovation and creativity can flourish? Or we will be left with our monuments, but no one will be there to view them. As a Designer who grew up in Wales, leaving felt like the only choice to pursue a creative career and grow; this problem is widely known as Brain Drain. My project aims to raise awareness of this issue. As a culture, we spend so much time protecting the past that we have lost sight of the future. Cultural survival has been the mindset for so long that we need to step back and think about how we can create the space to build something both Welsh and new.