Sound Escapes

Client: Birdnote

Art Director: Mark Bramhill

Role: Illustrator

The brief.

The aim of the project was to create a cover that captured the essence of BirdNote's new podcast series called Sound Escapes.

The art director wanted an image that would tell the story of the podcast, transporting listeners to a world of diverse birds from various regions across the globe.

The process.

The goal was to transport the viewer to another land, to provide an escape. I also had to showcase the variety of birds the podcast would feature.

I used different metaphors during my sketching process. Then the idea struck me, what better way to whisk someone away than by creating a landscape that lets the jungle sit next to the desert? This is how I decided to illustrate a landscape panorama spanning different geographies, from savannahs to rolling hills.

The results