A collection of artworks inspired by the style of other designers.
This collection consists of seven designer exercises created as part of my Spring 2025 Design Team II class. We were tasked each week with watching a presentation created by one of our peers on a designer of our choosing. We then had to create an original piece inspired by the style of that designer. This series of designer exercises was quite fun to make, as I challenged myself to create versions of the covers of my favorite albums in the style of the artists that my peers presented.
Lady Gaga - The Fame & The Fame Monster in the style of Cyrus Highsmith
For the very first piece I made as part of this collection I was tasked with creating a piece in the style of graphic artist Cyrus Highsmith, creator of Occupant Fonts. After searching for and going through the many incredible works of Cyrus Highsmith, I found the inspiration that I needed to begin creating my design.....(s). For this first piece I couldn't quite stick to just one album, so I chose to do both The Fame and The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga's first two albums and albums I hold close to my heart. I used Adobe Illustrator for these pieces
Lana Del Rey- Honeymoon in the style of Jessica Hische
I chose Lana Del Rey's album Honeymoon as the second album cover that I would recreate. This is one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite artists so I was quite excited at the opportunity to create a version of its cover in the style of Jessica Hische, a talented graphic designer who works mostly with typography.
My piece was inspired by Hische's "Dolly Parton Cover", where I mainly drew inspiration from the way in which the image of the artist was stylized, as well as the floral/plant-like pattern surrounding the edge of the piece. I quite enjoyed the process of creating this work, with most of the designing and creation being completed in Illustrator, with editing of the image of Lana Del Rey taking place in Photoshop, and with some various details on the "Honeymoon" lettering being done in Procreate.
I am absolutely in love with how this piece turned out. I made sure to pay homage to the original Art Deco style of the original Honeymoon cover, with Art Deco-inspired elements being a commonplace motif in the visuals surrounding that album. This Art Deco influence was included in the various line work details, as well as the color palette. I used darker, fancier-feeling colors to further strengthen the more upscale 1920s Art Deco feel.
Charli xcx - brat in the style of Tori Apiradee (also known as Tori.PNG)
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Björk - Post in the style of Rogie King
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Lady Gaga - Mayhem in the style of Swoop Nebula
