Ariel's Rebellious Phase
: From masculine Metal to A feminine Flare
NIK NIXIES
Symphonic metal band
PROJECT:
BAND IDENTITY / album Cover
TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC:
YOUNG ADULT, AGE 24+
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The challenge was to create a band identity using an existing photograph. And incorporated that same photo into a new original album cover. The photo chosen for this challenge depicts a more traditional band of metalheads. The twist was to create an identity and album design that still held the wild unhinged spirit of metal for an all female band.
Original Image
FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE PHOTO IS THAT THE PARTICIPANTS ARE LISTENING TO or in A METAL BAND. THE PERSON IN THE BACKGROUND IS HEADBANGING THEIR LONG HAIR and WEARING A T-SHIRT design WITH a BLACKLETTER typeface. THE person IN THE FOREGROUND HAS A DEFIANT EXPRESSION HOLDING UP DEVIL HORNS.
*Annotations: [ Top : Down/ Left : Right / zig-zag ] / Original image: _Headbanging _First impression METAL BAND! _Devil Horns _Blackletter font / Inspiration: _Dramatic hair flip like a certain “Little Mermaid”
Nik Nixies
*Annotations: [ Top : Down/ Left : Right / zig-zag ] / left Text: _original 60’s/70’s [metal bands] _anthem-like _keyboard to create orchestra _classically trained vocalist / Band Persona: _Adella _Lana _Calypso_Pearl
Band Name
*Annotations: [ Top : Down/ Left : Right / zig-zag ] / left Text: _ 2 bands already use this name [Nixies] _maybe? Weeping _Bridal Veil? _EH?...NAH _The Devil / Right text: _Why Nixies? Favorite childhood movie for all band members was “The Little Mermaid” & how they became friends
Logo Iterations
*Annotations: [ Top : Down/ Left : Right / zig-zag ] / Version 1: _Negative space heart _ serif [shape] : fish/mermaid tail/water/waves / Version 2: _looks like a single person + band “singer”/ NIK -> Feels more ambiguous, non-human, otherworldly, not a singular person / Version 3: _ pirates? / Version 4: _ script: personal/organic form _texture _stabbing the heart _icon? _scales
Final Logo
NIK: - possible origin for this naming group include “Old Nick” - the Devil
Nixies: - German Folklore
- shape shifting water nymphs
- take form of beautiful humans
- sing enchanting melodies to lure their victims and drown them
- romantic & dark obsession with humans
*Annotations: [ Top : Down/ Left : Right / zig-zag ] / left Text: _play on words, to nick: a small notch, groove or chip/a small cut or wound
album Cover
EP Title: Lorelei
songs:
1. rhine gold
2. part of my world
3. mill pond
4. teary wet hems
*Annotations: [ Top : Down/ Left : Right / zig-zag ] / left Text: _ Nixie folklore_ “Little Mermaid” parody / ep album cover: _majestic water spray _ band members collages on top -> deception, mask of beauty, BUT dark underneath _bright violet ep [album] , Evil/ toxic/ unnatural
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