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Mortuous “Chrysalis of Sorrow” shirt design for their upcoming Westcoast tour in August. Mortuous “Through Wilderness” album is out today! I received my copies this week & boy, what a record this is. I will make a separate post of that soon: I’m really proud of how that record turned out, musically & visually top notch (I’m not one to toot my own horn but that’s how proud I am about this release.) Pick up a copy through Carbonized Records Tankcrimes Dawnbreed records

Finishing the shirt design for Mortuous. This was based on Clint’s ideas:
Chrysalis of Sorrow Concept:

A person cocooned (the Chrysalis of Sorrow) in their own misery & suffering, isolated from the world around them and surrounded by ghosts & memories.

I’d like the cocoon symbolize the protective nature of the mind - to secure itself from reality. In this case as a metamorphisis into the spirit of oneself transcending into a realm beyond.

I’m imagining to connect the artwork to the LP artwork, the Crysalis can be hanging off of a branch, or even shrouded by the branches similar to the kind of tree drawn on the album.

Darker colors come to mind, like purple/blues, greens, browns, etc.,

Lyrical focus on the concept:
Slipping through anguish,
Pain, and defeat,
Sorrow of loss,
Control out of reach,
Misery consuming,
No signs of relief
Behold the depression, swallowed in grief

I basically stayed with the concept but had to ditch the “surrounded by ghosts & memories” part, I added the geometric maze from the album cover in the background; a structured, constructed labyrinth, forces you to follow a path to no where, e.g. society.

The color scheme is based on these lyrics: “orange is for anguish, blue for insanity”.
I planned to use that color scheme for the album cover but had to forfeit that plan, when the art made different demands: look down my feed for the album cover in different stages/colors. I’m glad I finally got to pull of these colors in a convincing way. Make sure you check out @mortuous : record release show tomorrow, preorder up on Carbonized Records Tankcrimes Dawnbreed records & catch them live on their August West Coast tour!