La Tristesse Durera

Part 2 of a little quarantine project I set myself: rebranding all of the singles from Manic Street Preachers 1993 album Gold Against the Soul, a favourite of mine. I drew the illustrations by hand, and the photo I took sometime last year. Paper texture is by caminopalmero on deviant art : ) ❤️ The idea behind my rebrand was to 1. Modernise the artwork and better optimise it for scaleable use e.g. where it will appear in multiple different sizes across Spotify and Apple Music 2. Incorporate the rustic aesthetic of the GATS photoshoots and promotional material into the actual cover art and 3. Give all the singles a unified brand appearance. From Despair to Where is still to come!