FSOLdigital presents Mind Maps 5
Artwork for a CD in an eight panel uncoated card digipak case and screen printed merchandise for part five of the annual Yage mix albums jointly released by Touched Music and FSOLdigital.
Like last year's Mind Maps 4, the background is based on just one satellite image — this time Pinacate National Park in Mexico from USGS on Unsplash. The wonderful natural colours go so well with the music, the yellows and dusky purple emphasising the acid sounds and darkness within the mix.
The angled, modern building on the front cover evokes the mysticism of the Central American pyramids which ties into the satellite imagery location. A bitmap image of a mountain is a recurring theme throughout the artwork and adds texture and interest.
As a development of the cube shape of the MM4 and MM5 logo, I constructed the custom typography as interlocking isometric 3D shapes.
The idea of map grid references inspired a graph showing track durations and the way the mix fits together. Squares indicate a Yage remix and circles show FSOL/Yage/Humanoid tracks.
As with merchandise for the previous Mind Maps albums, the t-shirt and hoodie designs are not simply a graphic from the CD artwork, but something new using the same elements and approaches. The t-shirt and hoodie were available for a limited time and hand screen printed to order by Exalt T-shirts.
See my artwork for Mind Maps, Mind Maps 2, Mind Maps 3 and Mind Maps 4.
