Posting some more work I completed way earlier in the year and hopefully should be seeing the light of day soon. Hexxed approached me about artwork for their new release, the main concepts revolving around consciousness, electrical energy and spirit. The name of the band itself seems to suggest an esoteric and ritualistic approach and I'm always eager to explore this route. After deciding early on that I was going to use alchemical ideas and basic sigilisation techniques as a basis, further reading and research also exposed me to the ideas of Franz Bardon, whose brand of Hermeticism and "electrical" and "magnetic" forces seemed to gel with the overall concept of this release.
Wading through AE Waites reference work provided the inspiration for the Hexxed glyph which combined all letters of the band name into a nicely balanced form, surrounded by sigils of the album title and year. As with most esoteric traditions, there's a great deal of overlap with other schools of thought, mainly Eastern mysticism and Thelemic concepts - all of these are referenced in the final design.
This is being printedby Stumptown using 2 metallic inks on black stock - I decided to use the limited palette to dictate the style I adopted for this which I suppose could be described as "neo-woodcut" for want of a better term. Although obviously a contemporary piece, this also helped reference the often archaic source material I drew inspiraion from.
www.myspace.com/hexxedmusic
Wading through AE Waites reference work provided the inspiration for the Hexxed glyph which combined all letters of the band name into a nicely balanced form, surrounded by sigils of the album title and year. As with most esoteric traditions, there's a great deal of overlap with other schools of thought, mainly Eastern mysticism and Thelemic concepts - all of these are referenced in the final design.
This is being printedby Stumptown using 2 metallic inks on black stock - I decided to use the limited palette to dictate the style I adopted for this which I suppose could be described as "neo-woodcut" for want of a better term. Although obviously a contemporary piece, this also helped reference the often archaic source material I drew inspiraion from.
www.myspace.com/hexxedmusic
