French ambient artist and graphic designer A Last Picture From Voyager shared this meditative video, demonstrating how they make album cover art using a paper cutout collage technique.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“For my latest ambient music collaboration, Ways to Hors Sujet, I used old magazines, scissors, glue, and intuitive composition to craft a unique DIY album artwork from scratch.
This video shares my process for designing tactile, analog-style visuals that reflect the tone of ambient and experimental music.
Whether you’re a musician, visual designer, or curious about how to make album cover art by hand, this video offers tips and inspiration to create your own cutout collage and ambient visual art.”
The approach seems to be taking the punk DIY ethos and applying it to ambient electronic music. And – while the techniques may not be new, the video is surprisingly soothing and even inspiring.
Check it out and let us know what you think. And – if you’re DIYing your own album art – share your approach in the comments!
superb, I have a collage artwork for an upcoming album, too, however it was made by a different artist and not me. I’ve used my own photographs as artworks before, but collaborating with someone else feels more interesting.
Nice to see people still making art by hand and not using computers or AI!
Get off my lawn AI
Yeah, uh I’m not the only artist upset about the rise of AI replacing human creativity… Nice comment, Ukifi… really elevates the discourse, you know?
Old man yells at cloud
Oh, you are so clever and original. You are quite skilled at lazy conversation. Do you only speak in meme? Do you have nothing better to do than troll people online? Seriously, get a life.
Far out