July 2025
Coral 9
This project was a special one. I was brought on to create the EP cover for an upcoming project from Coral9, a band based in the Bay Area of California—whose music I deeply admire and resonate with. Their sound is powerful, emotional, and totally immersive. Each song feels like a journey through change, love, identity, and everything in between. The goal was to design visuals that felt just as honest and expressive as their music—something that looked like them, felt like them, and could carry the emotional weight of their sound.
My process was very much driven by the music itself. I listened to rough cuts of the EP on loop while sketching ideas—sometimes late at night, sometimes during walks. I took notes on how each track made me feel and tried to reflect that in colors, textures, and form. The visuals came together slowly and organically. We worked through several rounds of revisions together, and while I was allowed complete design control, the band was engaged, honest, and really invested in the process. Through each revision, we kept building toward something that felt more and more aligned with who they are and what this project represented. I used Procreate for early concept work and moved into Illustrator for the final logo and layout. The EP cover is a blend of digital painting and graphic elements—expressive, layered, and intentionally a little raw, like the music itself. This was a very fun project because throughout the process I was able to contribute more to their project than expected, because I was able to make them a single EP cover, a seperate album cover and their new band logo.
