CHU and the story of Mohawk by CHU

Mohawk inner sleeve designed by Chu

http://www.schudio.co.uk/blog/2014/mohawk-by-john-sinclair/

I’m happy to announce the release of my second sleeve design. The result of many months of digital sculpting, research and free-form thinking, then to realise it for output as the whole package. Whilst developing another technique of three dimensional freehand, I stumbled across a capability to construct organic matter too (humans/animals/plant material). A revelation! I can draw people, and fight as I might – there’s more than one occasion it hasn’t hurt one bit.

Concept

So, there were three words to guide me; Mohawk, John and Sinclair. This began as a replica of Thelonious Monk’s 1968 album sleeve for ‘Underground’. The art direction won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package the following year, so it obviously ruffled a few feathers. John’s poetry is centred on the very same era and world that Monk would inhabit. I drew visual inspiration from the be-bop culture as a whole, the dress sense, the venues, the back stage stories – as much as I was looking at John’s world too, Detroit-us. My old friend and ally Steve “Fly” Pratt was the producer for the album and gave me invaluable guidance and a third eye into the artwork.

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http://www.schudio.co.uk/blog/2014/mohawk-by-john-sinclair/

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