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Commisaur
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:11 am 
 

Does anyone here know of any artists who are interested in making original album artwork?

How do bands (especially professional big bands that are signed) go about finding artists to make album artwork for them?

In particular, I am looking for an artist that is capable of being able to paint/draw like the artist who created this:

https://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/spirits,1054496/

I’m pretty serious in the sense that I am willing to pay money for the original piece. I also am working on an upcoming album as well. I also already have a fairly detailed imaging of what I want the album cover of my album to look like. I plan on telling the artist my idea for my album cover

Also, does anyone here know of any artists who design Metal band logos? How do I go about looking for an artist who designs this type of thing?

One of the biggest challenges I’ve found with finding an artist is that many are not interested in having their work being used as an album cover for a musician or band.

If anyone knows any artists that fit my criteria, please let me know their contact information and I’ll contact them. Thanks!

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Hexenmacht46290
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:27 am 
 

I don’t use Instagram, I don’t have an account, but, many artists use it. Especially the kind of artists you’re looking for, who will be eager to do metal logos and album covers. Look at albums with a similar style to what you want, and check which artist did it. If they do lots of album covers, there’s a good chance they have an Instagram page, showing off more art, and are easy to contact. The big names charge more, of course, but sometimes artists who do lots of underground releases don’t charge as much, because they’d rather get more people looking at their art, that way, and like to support the scene, so they don’t charge as much. It just depends on the individual artist, and of course, your personal preference for style.
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interstellar_medium
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:56 am 
 

deviantArt isn't what it used to be, but there's still a lot of young talent who'd be glad to make some money. There should be so-called "groups" by interests, metal included.

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Zerberus
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:05 am 
 

There are plenty of either. Go on instagram, check who made album covers you like, go on Fiverr.com. Plenty of options.

For something like what you're asking you could go with some of the 'big ones' like Necrolord or Andreas Marschall, but I would expect them to be very expensive (I think I've heard Necrolord ask something like 1500€ for coverart)
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narsilianshard
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 3:49 pm 
 

This really isn't hard. Just start clicking around Metal Archives, Bandcamp, etc. on recent album art that you like and search the artist for on instagram. You're not gonna have a lot of luck with artists who don't already do commissions for bands. With about three minutes of work I was able to find these:

https://www.instagram.com/caelanstokkermansarts/
https://www.instagram.com/geraldbrom/
https://www.instagram.com/nightjarillustration/
https://www.instagram.com/elirankantor/
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BrutalizerUtilizerOfTheShadows
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:24 pm 
 

I'll link some artists that my band has worked with.

There's Bloodboy, he has several premade artworks for sale, and I believe he also does commissions. He did the album art for my band's last release (in the spoiler below).

https://www.bloodboy.com/

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There's another guy who I know IRL who goes by Hrothgar. He did our album booklet, and I've commissioned him to do artwork for my etsy store (in the spoiler below). He also does logos by commission.

https://www.instagram.com/theartofhrothgar/?hl=en

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hakarl
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 3:29 am 
 

Moonroot does both cover art and logos for metal bands. His art tends to be dark and nature-inspired. He's done all the album art for my band, Illusions Dead, as commission. Highly recommended!

https://www.moonrootart.com/portfolio
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