The Art of Tief
Client:
Mikouai
Year:
2022
“Tief” is the EP of the young German Rapper Mikouai. I had the honour to illustrate and paint its cover art, the logo and logos for each track, and artworks for the tracks: Zeitgeist, Rinnstein, and Oedipus.
Tasks and responsibilities
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For the EP I designed the “Tief” logo, which is a wordmark. In this case, hand-lettering was most suitable. For each track, in the right corner, the title was included. The logo appears on the front cover and on the animation of each each track.
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The cover illustration of the EP features a hand reaching out of water. The scene takes place in the lake in front of mountains in New Zealand. It is the hand of a slightly broken and wounded, but creative individual.
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The artworks’ interpretations were quite specific as well as surreal and abstract. Painting various symbols and metaphors was the main challenge.
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As the main track Tief has a music video, it was requested for each and following track to have an animated artwork, which would also represent the track. Thus, subtle animations for each tracks’ artwork has been created.
Artwork of Zeitgeist
Artwork of Rinnstein
Artwork of Oedipus
