Caos & Cura
I was commissioned to design the cover of Dom Pepo's second album. The album was conceived during the pandemic and the name Caos e Cura (chaos and healing) is a reference to cyclical processes of destruction and reconstruction, illness and healing. Several songs deal with themes in a cyclical way and the sound aesthetic of the record itself was a return of the band to its roots. With that in mind, I used the cycle idea recurrently on the cover: in the composition of the logo, in the looping animated gifs and in the circular arrangement of the elements.
- Client Dom Pepo
- Year 2021
- Concept and design Estevam Gomes
- Illustration and animation Estevam Gomes
- Categories Album cover, Illustration, Animation
Inspiration and process
The cover is divided into eight slices. Each slice contains a looping animation representing one of the songs on the disc. The idea of including an illustration and the title of each song on the cover was inspired by the cover of the Cheap Thrills album by Big Brother and the Holding Company (illustrated by Robert Crumb).
The circular arrangement follows the graphic pattern used in the band's previous releases, such as the cover of the album "Escuridão já é luz suficiente" and the lo-fi single Cabelo.
References
Some of the references were the cover of the album Grandeza, by Sessa, the cover of the album So Long, See You Tomorrow, by Bombay Bicycle Club, and the cover of the album Another Land, by Lucille Furs.
Spotify and Instagram
The looping animations and the circularity of the cover and title — without beginning or end — dialogue with the cycles and dualities contained both in the title "Caos & Cura" and in the lyrics of the songs. The cover animations were also adapted for promotion on instagram and for the cover of songs on Spotify.
