Design for Nedtones Vol. 2 CD album cover

March 18, 2018December 16, 2017 by Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis

images and text design on the music CD the Nedtones Vol. 2

The design for Nedtones Volume 2 is done. I’ll be posting paintings but in the mean time here is my first attempt at a GIF, and my second attempt at designing a CD album cover for original music by Ned Tennis. Read about designing Nedtones Vol. 1 here. I used Paint dot net to design … Read more

Sidetracked designing a CD cover (or not every artist is a graphic designer)

December 6, 2018May 3, 2017 by Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis

updated, official CD cover for Nedtones Vol. 1

Intro

In high school, in the days of audio vinyl, a lot of arty kids fantasized about creating cover art for rock and roll albums.

I wasn’t one of them.

Doug speaks 1

November 10, 2023November 14, 2014 by Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis

Dog Studies, Doug speaks 1, black acrylic on prepared 12″ x 9″ paper, c.2008, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis

My focus on shapes, edges of shapes, and negative space all started with this white patch on Doug’s chest.

See and read more about the Original Series.

Merge

November 10, 2023November 13, 2014 by Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis

Dog Studies, Merge, black acrylic on prepared 9″ x 12″ paper, c.2009, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis

This composition is an example of my interest in positive/negative. How the placement of shapes of objects creates interesting shapes of the background and how these two elements interact.