After deciding to take a break from school this quarter, I spend most of my times focusing on some personal projects. One of them is preparing to release Mr. and Mrs. Muffins second album, just like the first album we are thinking to release it on vinyl again. But this time, we are aiming for a more ambitious look with a gatefold cover and illustrated booklet attached on it. We like the experience that we got from gatefold vinyls with album booklet attachment that you can find in most vintage children’s music vinyls and one of Noah and my favorite album “Wild is Love” by Nat King Cole.
The songs on this second album still has the nostalgic and storytelling vibe. Mr. Muffins thinks that this album sounds more sad than the first one, but I think it sounds more hopeful. Perhaps we can blame the pregnancy mood for that feeling. I’ve been thinking a lot about De Stijl and Swiss Design. I used simple shapes, solid colors and playing with negative space to form little creatures in each pages. The second step of the illustration process, would be to add some textures that hopefully still maintain the nostalgic sound of Mr. and Mrs. Muffins. These are some of the works I’ve done for this project;
This is a short video of one of the song that will be on The Misty Cowboys and Other Songs to Dream By.