Custom Matt Good Album Art!

[kachapman89]

A couple of weeks ago when finally organizing my Matt Good collection I decided to make some album art for the albums that had none.

 

 

History Teacher

Designed to match the cover art of the In A Coma compilation.

 

Miscellaneous

I guess you could use these for webrips, demos, ect.

 

The Vancouver Demos

I used some art Matt Good had up on his Flickr account and just threw his name and the title of the album on there.

 

For anybody wondering, the font that Matt Good uses on most of his album covers is called Helvetica.

 

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the album art!

Edited November 11, 2008 by kachapman89

[Who]

Very nice

[taro_twist]

Ooo, these are great! I especially love the History Teacher one.

 

Also, interesting to know Matt is partial to Helvetica. I had never noticed before. Does anyone know whether he controls every aspect of album cover (and booklet) design, or does he just pick the cover art and someone else takes it from there?

[Gomo]

Haha that's pretty awesome dude. Good job.

 

Helvetica huh? It's a great font indeed.

 

Anyway, that History Teacher cover is the best one, clearly.

[kachapman89]

I'm not sure if it's Matt Good that actually designs them. It'd be interesting to find out, perhaps I'll drop him an e-mail tonight and maybe I'll get a reply.

 

And yes, by the looks of it, one variation or another of helvetica has been used on every single album cover since Loser Anthems in 2000.

 

Is it sad that that interests me?

 

EDIT: The History Teacher is my favorite one. I had a tough time coming up with something to 'shop onto the chalkboard and in the end decided to leave it blank. I also tried to colorize the black and white photo but wasn't pleased with the results. Another gripe I have with it is after I got my copy of In A Coma Delux shipped to me I saw that I screwed up the font on the word "History Teacher" on the In A Coma cover they actually use a bold variation of the font, and unfortunately I don't own that bold variation.

 

Also, I used to have hi-res copies of the album art but two nights ago my computer went to hell and I had to reformat. Sorry guys!

Edited November 11, 2008 by kachapman89

[kachapman89]

Should I attempt to redo all of Matt Good's early album art? I can't find decent quality versions of them anywhere?

[B Gallagher]

From Hospital Music:

"Jacket Artwork and Design by Jeremy Crowle"

 

From Live At Massey Hall:

"Art Direction: Matthew Good

Art Design: Simon Paul and Garnet Armstrong"

[Litzi]

I got a proposal for his new album too:

 

 

Do you think he would like it? ;)

[Jane Belinda Smith]

I created a retro image. It's on Matt's flickr and has had over 1600 views in three days...

This is a link to my page as I wouldn't want to link to Matt's on here, but it's there if you want a look. It's a bit of fun

[kachapman89]

 

Here's a cover I made for a Waterloo show I stumbled across the other day that sounds close to studio quality. Not sure what the board's stance is with bootlegs so I'm a little hesitant to post a link.

[hum-an-ole]

helvetica is such a commonly used typeface, but that's only because it's wonderful.

Edited December 14, 2008 by hum-an-ole

[julianzz]

I got a proposal for his new album too:

 

 

Do you think he would like it? ;)

 

 

I personally think it's look a little too happy... Doesn't exactly fit with the demos that I've heard...

[Shiri]

Also it says Vancouver twice, which bugs me.

[taro_twist]

The Vancouver cover is very pretty, but it does seem too brochure like. I feel like Matt would want something showing the darker side of the city, unless he was trying to be ironic.

[hum-an-ole]

I was about to give constructive criticism, but I ended up just trying was I was thinking, so I figure I may as well post it to add to my my description. This is what I would have done with your layout:

 

Typeface: Helvetica (the one you used reminds me of comic sans, which is something you'd want to stay away from in most cases)

Used a night scene instead of day and adjusted the reflection a bit, then added a few details.

 

Not a huge change, but the mood is totally different.

Edited December 15, 2008 by hum-an-ole

[Audio of Being]

I was about to give constructive criticism, but I ended up just trying was I was thinking, so I figure I may as well post it to add to my my description. This is what I would have done with your layout:

 

Typeface: Helvetica (the one you used reminds me of comic sans, which is something you'd want to stay away from in most cases)

Used a night scene instead of day and adjusted the reflection a bit, then added a few details.

 

Not a huge change, but the mood is totally different.

I really like this cover you made. It will soon become my wallpaper once I get home from work. ;)

[haircut-rabbit]

I like what this guy's got going: http://www.massacreindisguise.net/index2.asp

 

Anyone remember this site?

[Shiri]

Christine, I like the improved design. Has a better MG feel I think.

[taro_twist]

Thanks for the link to Massacre in Disguise. I'd never seen that site before. That guy's front page would be fun as an album cover (Mattzilla strolls/rampages through Vancouver!)

 

And hum-an-ole, I like your tweaked design! The Helvetica and the night scene add just the right amount of edge to it.

[hum-an-ole]

thanks all

 

that site has cool imagery but is the opposite of user friendly, wow.

[ToadMan]

I'll just quickly troll in. I don't think that anybody has hit on the darkness of it yet. Matt makes a lot of commentary about the homeless crisis in Vancouver. I have a feeling that the album might be a tad on the gritty side about this.

[Shiri]

The days of 600x800, so thankful it's a thing of the past.

[sentient_robot]

Hmmmm. What say you all of this?

 

(Photo: Duane Storey)

[Sarah A]

Hmmmm. What say you all of this?

 

I definitely like this a lot. Duane's photography is really amazing.

[ComaCanadian]

Yea I like the History Teacher cover the most. Too bad I still have yet to find that download ;)