MAJI SONGS - Website Design & CD Packaging

October 23rd, 2007

Maji Songs - Website Design

www.MajiSongs.com - Seasonal site designed to accompany the CD Packaging that we put together for Maji, a holiday super group featuring Joe Puerta of Bruce Hornsby & The Range and Ambrosia. Designed to drive digital as well as physical sales of their debut CD Christmas Dreams. Songs from that CD have been heard on the TV show E.R. and have received national radio attention.

-marky

CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES - Website Design

October 23rd, 2007

Charlotte Sometimes - Website Design

Geffen recording artist Charlotte Sometimes site launched summer of ‘07 utilizing custom back-end customer based content management system. Based off of our Charlotte Sometimes logo design and “Charlotte Girl” illustrations.

p.s. This girl’s music is rad. Seriously.

www.CharlotteSometimesMusic.com

-marky

FROM THE HEADLINE - CD Packaging

October 23rd, 2007

From The Headline - EP Cover

This is one of my all time favorite pieces that I’ve ever had the pleasure of working on. I guess it helps that From The Headline is also one of my favorite working bands at the moment.

This project was a blast from the beginning because the band gave me full artistic freedom to come up with a design based off of my interpretation of their music. I chose to go the route of dark, yet whimsical. Serious, yet lighthearted in a creepy sorta way. I ended up coming up with these 4 custom illustrations that look like stills from a children’s movie or a storybook from a forgotten era where children were still disciplined with belts. Awesome.

See the whole project here.

-marky

FLOWERS FOR DORIAN - CD Packaging

October 23rd, 2007

Flowers For Dorian - Phone Calls, Car Rides Cover

Flowers For Dorian’s EP release Phone Calls, Car Rides is out now.

This project was especially fun because the band wanted me to emulate one of my all time favorite graphic artists, Scott Hanson (ISO 50). Hopefully it’s more of a tribute and less of a direct rip-off. Hmmm…

Anyway, you can view the entire project here.

-marky

Currently Working On…

October 23rd, 2007

• New custom database driven site for Faith Builders International Ministries www.FaithBuilders.cc.

• Tshirt and apparel designs for Epitaph records band Motion City Soundtrack.

• CD packaging design for Minneapolis area rock unit Firefight.

• Website design for IL singer/songwriter Kelsey Wild.

• Website design for Milwaukee, WI rock band From The Headline.

NEWSBOYS - CD packaging design

October 23rd, 2007

Newsboys - The Greatest Hits Cover

MidwestLove was asked to design the packaging for the newest release from EMI / Sparrow recording artists, Newsboys. The ‘boys wanted something classic, simple and timeless to represent this greatest hits disc. It hits shelves in November.

Take a look at the full project here.

-marky

THE HUSH SOUND - website design

October 23rd, 2007

The Hush Sound

MidwestLove is pleased to announce the launch of the brand new official site for Decaydance / Fueled By Ramen recording artists, The Hush Sound.

This site is fully back-end driven and the content is controlled by the band themselves through our MidwestLove administration. The design was based heavily on the band’s ideas. Sweet.

Check it out - www.TheHushSound.com

-marky

Welcome…

October 22nd, 2007

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to welcome you to the new blog style website interface for MidwestLove dot com. We’ll be posting images and links to our newest work here on a regular basis, so keep checking back for updates.

Thanks kids.

-marky