mattcira
The Eighth Enocian Key
Thank you all for the insightful feedback as this is always helpful. Nightingale to me, as a huge fan of extreme metal, has always been the band I turned to when I couldnt take the double bass drums or the screaming any longer and is more on the mellow side of my musical interests. I am aiming (and I stress aiming!!!) to create an entirely professional identity for the new album, with hopes to catch a few new fans as Nightingale truly deserves it. Hell, if Creed and sell a billion albums, why cant Nightingale, right??
Heres some answers to your questions:
On the topic of the typography, I used several different logos in the comps I sent to Dan originally. Some used the original fonts from the first 3 albums, and some were a new look for Nightingale. Since the band has evolved from a one-off goth project to a highly acclaimed prog band, I thought it might be time for change. The new logos I (hastily) threw together were a compromise, some remnants from past moods carried on Nightingale albums, and others that I felt at the time. The new logos have a decayed feel to them, and Nightingale has an airy, atmospheric feel, and I just didnt think the logos worked too well. I will post them all for you a little later this weekend.
The photo across the top, the cathedral looking photo, is actually a chair leg in my office. Crazy, I know, but Photoshop does wonderful things. The Blue-ish photo across the bottom is several different photos I took with my Nikon of the red light radiating from the top of my Harmon Kardon tube amp (see the photos here: http://www.lucidnoir.com/nikontest/) with some other textures layered in. The textures are several different objects like rose petals, a motor oil stained cloth, random pencil drawings, rain cascading down my bedroom window, etc, etc.
Hey, if you guys show the interest, maybe I will throw together an Evolution of type web page to show how I did all this stuff, just cuz its fun.
I am going to stop typing now since artists who talk too much bug me. Thanks again for the feedback, I greatly appreciate it! Remember to check the site often as I will be adding the full booklet, and new stuff as I complete it.
Matt
Heres some answers to your questions:
On the topic of the typography, I used several different logos in the comps I sent to Dan originally. Some used the original fonts from the first 3 albums, and some were a new look for Nightingale. Since the band has evolved from a one-off goth project to a highly acclaimed prog band, I thought it might be time for change. The new logos I (hastily) threw together were a compromise, some remnants from past moods carried on Nightingale albums, and others that I felt at the time. The new logos have a decayed feel to them, and Nightingale has an airy, atmospheric feel, and I just didnt think the logos worked too well. I will post them all for you a little later this weekend.
The photo across the top, the cathedral looking photo, is actually a chair leg in my office. Crazy, I know, but Photoshop does wonderful things. The Blue-ish photo across the bottom is several different photos I took with my Nikon of the red light radiating from the top of my Harmon Kardon tube amp (see the photos here: http://www.lucidnoir.com/nikontest/) with some other textures layered in. The textures are several different objects like rose petals, a motor oil stained cloth, random pencil drawings, rain cascading down my bedroom window, etc, etc.
Hey, if you guys show the interest, maybe I will throw together an Evolution of type web page to show how I did all this stuff, just cuz its fun.
I am going to stop typing now since artists who talk too much bug me. Thanks again for the feedback, I greatly appreciate it! Remember to check the site often as I will be adding the full booklet, and new stuff as I complete it.
Matt
