My brother-in-law is the bass player for The Myriad . They’ve had some success recently, but I’ll leave that story for another day (or to their myspace). What I’d really like to talk about is the design for their new album art. It was illustrated / designed by artist Dave Gorum who has an excellent portfolio that I would highly recommend checking out. The image above is the final album art and the image below is an early draft. I really love the final product but I’m left wanting that beautiful rock texture from the earlier version. It brings to mind the underground dungeons filled with monsters from the Zelda franchise. The orbiting moons are a stroke of genius as they subtley suggest that this mythology is taking place on a very distant world.

1. 1. jimmy jimmy | Jul 13, 2008 10:02 PM

   not to mention that the text operates in a much more effortless fashion with the final draft.
   

   they’re both amazingly charming, though.