John Lennon Portrait/ Rough Trade Exhibition

The Beatles, 'Revolver' Album Cover, 2016

By Shannon Woodfield

Brief:
Level 1 university project to create an album cover for a given band to be shown in an exhibition in Rough Trade, Nottingham. Given album: Revolver, The Beatles.

Concept:
Portrait piece inspired by the colours, patterns and automatic drawings made whilst listening to the album on repeat.

Solution:
Silhouette portrait piece in contrasting colours, yellow and purple. Using handmade mono-printing textures for the overlay pattern, border and in the text. I chose John Lennon for the iconic portrait figure as a starting point but I'd have liked to create portrait images for all four members of the band. I used cut-out type for a handmade feel to the finished album cover.

John Lennon Portrait using acrylic paints.

Portrait piece combined with handmade mono-print textures.

SHANNON WOODFIELD.