Aaron Edge Art

Digital release of the day:

Another fine project with the very talented Mr. J Shogren, this digital only release (+ shirt) features an awesome bird illustration via Jeff Rogers.

I've worked with J Shogren many times over with his releases... always happy to be a part of his projects. This CD sleeve package features an incredible woodcut by artist Tom Rauschenfels, with screenprinted poster and shirt as well.

Cover of the day:

An art rock experimental endeavor titled Lighthaus. Used one of my own photos from a recent visit to the coast and created a logo for the project as well. For fans of: The Denison/Kimball Trio, The Roots of Orchis, Heroin & Your Veins, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Black Chamber, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Povaroe, and Manet. Listen here.

CD Digipak of the day:

A newly-designed project for my return customer and dear friend, Paul Speer. The blue diamonds used as a graphic element inspired/developed from those on the shirt that the artist is wearing. Paul has created his own music since 1965 and is a grammy-nominated engineer for all types/styles of sonic endeavors. The guy has worked with Joan Jett, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Missy Elliott, Himsa, Matt Cameron, the Reverend Jessie Jackson, Slash, Scott Rockenfield (a partial listing of artists and companies that comprise the more than 250 albums or other projects Paul has produced, engineered, or mastered).

Vinyl of the day:

The pre-order for the Process Black 7" that I designed is up, get all the different wax colorways here.

Cover of the day:

Every once and a while, you take photos for/design a cover for your own sonic solo material... listen in here.

Covers of the day:

Designing your own record covers is both terrifying and satisfying, check out the Hellvetika "Complexity vs. Simplicity" EPs here, I'm stoked with the results, sonically and visually.

Illo of the day:

Sometimes you do an illustration for the one and only Katy Perry. Yup, that happened.
Perry has received various awards, including four Guinness World Records, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award, and has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011–2018. Her estimated net worth as of 2016 is $125 million. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records globally throughout her career. In film, she released an autobiographical documentary titled "Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012", and voiced Smurfette in the 2011 film "The Smurfs" and its sequel in 2013. Perry also began serving as a judge on American Idol in 2018.

Illo of the day:

My pal Dewey, of the impressive catalog of super stars that is Peer Pleasure Podcast, asked me to do an illustration for him. I was delighted, and created the missing audio puzzle piece.

Cassette of the day:

Photography and design for the Lumbar cassette (as with the CD and LP) by yers truly... available in very small numbers, here.

Bio:

Aaron was born in 1973 and grew up riding bmx bikes and skateboards, spray painting walls, and getting into an expected amount of trouble. As a military brat, his family moved around a lot, so it made sense that he later traveled the country many times over performing in his own rock bands. His formal education was in Richmond Virginia for fine art school at VCU, and then he graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia near the top of his class. Aaron has been an art director more times than can be counted on one hand, though less than two. He has designed hundreds of CD and record covers, and created posters and t-shirts for bands and musicians, artists, brands and labels around the globe. He lives in Oregon, but plans a new life in London this summer… here’s to new adventures!

ART DIRECTION:
SOUTHERN LORD RECORDINGS
THE STRANGER NEWSPAPER
STATUS MAGAZINE
iROCKETSHOP DESIGN FIRM
WILLAMETTE WEEK NEWSPAPER
THE ROCKET NEWSPAPER

EDUCATION:
ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA
Visual Communications & Graphic Design (1996)

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Fine Arts (1991)

VIRGINIA BEACH VOTECH
Advertising Design (1989)

Client list:

The short list:
20 Buck Spin Records, Alice in Chains, Eagle Twin, Earth, Eyehategod, High on Fire, Katy Perry, Metalblade Records, Ozzy Osbourne, Pelican, Prosthetic Records, Relapse Records, Sleep, Southern Lord Records, Tee Pee Records, Murder City Devils, VegNews, Victory Records, Weedeater, Wolfbrigade, Xibalba, YOB, Zeke.

The long list:
1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 2 Men Dead, 3 Inches of Blood, 800 Octane, Absolute Monarchs, A Chance Without, Acephalix, Advent Records, A Fragile Shade, Agony Scene, Aiden, Akit Evlleh, All Hallows Clothing, Alpinist, Alternate Society, Anatomy of a Ghost, Anchor Records, Anonymous, Atreyu, Aurora, Aurora, Autumn, BFN, Backside Disaster, Backside Disaster, Balaclava, Baphomet Bicycles, Baptists, Bible Black Tyrant, Bible Black Tyrant, Black Breath, Black Cobra, Blackcloud, Blackout Records, Bleeding Through, Blood Buddies, Bluebird, Bobby Hellfire, Body Graphics Tattoo, Boris, Briz, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Brutal Fight, Bureau of Elevation, Burning Love, Canyon of the Crescent Moon, Cascabel, Catalyst, Christ, Church burner, Clarity Process, Clifton, Closed Casket, Countdown to Life, Crosstide, Crown and Throne Ltd., DC Vegetarian, Dakessian, Darkest Hour, David Bowie, Day of Less, Day of Lions, Dead Again, Dead Teenager Records, Dead in the Dirt, Death By Stereo, Doomzig, Drainland, Drop Six, Drown Mary, DSGNS, Dualesc, Dwell, Dwell, EMI Records, Early Graves, Earth Crisis, Eat Your Heart Out, El Cerdo, Emerald City Tattoo, Enter the Race, Eshas, Everything That Kills, Everything Went Black, Excursion Records, Fall from Grace, Fearless Records, Fight Scene, Figure 4, Fister, Flintlock, Fontanelle, From Ashes Rise, Gaia Coffee, Gatsby's American Dream, Generally Nautical, Genuine, Go Booking, Golden Saddle Cyclery, Goodfellow Records, Gorilla Mind Society, Grievous, Grip, Grip, Handlebar Mustache Apparel, Harbor Island Mutiny, Harkonen, Harkonen, Hauler, Heart, Hell Promise, Hell's Kitchen, Hellephant, Hellvetika, Her Candane, HiFi Wheels, Himsa, Himsa, Iamthethorn, Ichabod, Inked in Blood, J Shogren, JoWood, Josh Bragg, Lahar, Lebanon, Les Gants, Loincloth, Longshot Records, Los Angeles County Coffee Connoisseurs, Lumbar, Man of Multnomah, Mark D., Martyrdöd, Mercy Ties, Microsoft, Middian, Might as Well be Dead, Minor Fret, Misantropic, Monster Skateboards, Moth Attack, Mountain of Teeth, Mouth of Maggots, Mudshark Studios, Myiasis, N.C. Punchout, Neverstop, New Age Records, Night Church, Nihilist, Noothgrush, Note Farm Records, Nuclear Death Terror, OFF!, Obliterations, Of Feather and Bone, Ohmega, Oiltanker, One Last Thing, PRSfit, Paul Speer, Peer Pleasure Podcast, Peril on the Sea, Phemüt, Planks, Poison Idea, Porkchop Screen Printing, Potential Idol of Destruction, Process Black, Process Black, R Styles Records, Rainstorm Records, Rainstorm Studios, Ramprasad, Ramprasad, Rapid Fire Process, Rat City Rollergirls, Raw Umber, Reproacher, Requin, Revelation Records, Revenge of Me, Rise Records, Roareth, Rocketstar Records, Rote Hexe, Running Wild in Cordova, S2C, SanDisk, Sarabante, Set of Standards, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Sewnshut, Shadows Fall, Shamelady, Siris Records, Skarp, Snow Patrol, Spoken Word, State of Grace Records, Steve Carter, StonerRock.com, Structure 24, Summon the Crows, Sunn O))), Swallowing Swords, Swearengen, TKO Records, Temperance Records, The 6-Minute Heartstop, The Accused, The Alliance, The Burden and the Blessing, The Butt Frenchers, The Cassettes, The Cinema, The Entirety of Suffering, The Escaped, The Great Anti-listen, Grenades, The Horde, The Red Sect, The Rocket Newspaper, The Solo Project, The Stranger Newspaper, The Vegan Shoe Store, They Shall Take Up Serpents, This Time Tomorrow, To See You Broken, Trial, Tricycle, Tsuga, Unlovable Inc., Upness, Urban Khaos Clothing, Varsity Finish Line, Vicci Martinez, Watch it Burn, West of Zero, Willamette Week Newspaper, Winter, Woke Up Falling, Yama-Uba, Zoroaster (did I forget anyone?).

Aaron Edge Art

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