About 2 months ago (been that long?) i had the chance to work on some concept art for NY based Nitty Scott-MC (yes, her again. She's going to be featured a lot on here so get used to it). She had a pretty cool idea for the cover art for her freestyle track "FeminiNITTY", which pays homage to pioneering female HipHop mc's. In the end she decided on some dope photography and ended up using that as her track cover.
As such, i thought it'd be a good idea to liberate both cover art concepts to the web.
images of @NittyScottMC in the kanji for "Beautiful Beast", as she's also known.
first time ever doing photomanipulation. She kind of liked this, but we just couldn't get the writing right.
PS: if you haven't heard the track, i suggest you do the google thing and find it.
Follow Nitty Scott on twitter : @NittyScottMC
and me: @OrigamiBandit
The last few weeks have been a little insane. Being a solo artist/designer is not as easy as some think it is, especially without any kind of formal "training". Between having to work a 9-5 international marketing gig to fund this fall/winter release, i'm having to work on new artwork, search for models (impossible task), sort out finance/accounts/legal issues, etc which brings me to my next point.
I had originally thought of getting a pro photographer to take shots for my lookbook/catalogue, but then my business mind kicked in and sent that idea to wherever it is bad ideas go to die. After talking it through with my trusted few aka "The Bandits", i decided to get a dslr and do the shoots myself. It makes sense on so many levels. Firstly, i have ideas of what i want, and doing it myself is the best way to get results. Secondly, taking them myself means i get to keep the rights to the shots, which could (hopefully) be worth a few pieces down the line. Lastly, it just makes good business sense to take shots myself.
My new dslr; a Canon Eos 550D (18 MP beauty) cost me £590, which was a steal considering 1: it retails for £598, 2: i managed to get a polarizing filter and camera bag included, and 3: a photoshoot would have cost me £400. Now all i have to do is continue reading the online tips/tricks tutorial and buy an IR filter/star filter.
Fall/Winter designs are progressing well, still searching for models, and polishing up my photog skills. (shots below)
RSS Feed