This project involved the creation of three imaginary single covers based on the work of a chosen musical artist, developed in both static and animated audio-reactive formats. Each cover explores a different visual approach — typographic black and white, photo manipulation, and generative graphics — while remaining part of the same conceptual universe.
Neon Canopy explores the relationship between the organic and the artificial, imagining a futuristic world where nature and technology merge into a neon-lit urban jungle. Inspired by science fiction and cyberpunk aesthetics, the project uses intense color palettes — electric blues, acid greens, deep purples, and vivid yellows — to visually translate the atmosphere of the selected songs.
Typography became a key element in building this universe. The title Neon Canopy is presented in Hebrew using the Handjet typeface, creating a sense of unfamiliarity and futuristic communication, while Rubik reinforces the project’s digital and technological aesthetic.
Each animation reacts to specific sound elements such as beats, bass frequencies, and rhythmic textures, transforming the covers into immersive visual systems. The project combines motion, sound, and graphic design to create a sensory experience where chaos, movement, and artificial beauty coexist.
Academic Project
E01 - Single Covers
Course: Communication Design
(UC Design Laboratory)
Institution: ESAD Matosinhos
(Escola Superior de Artes e Design)
Professor: Sérgio Correia
Academic Year: 2023/2024
Date: January 2024
E01 - Single Covers
Course: Communication Design
(UC Design Laboratory)
Institution: ESAD Matosinhos
(Escola Superior de Artes e Design)
Professor: Sérgio Correia
Academic Year: 2023/2024
Date: January 2024
The first single is presented in black and white, reduced to the essentials.
The visual language focuses on geometric shapes and typography as a central element. This representation evokes a world at the cellular level — a jungle that is not yet visible, but already pulsates from within. The music is intense and direct, with strong beats and aggressive rhythmic elements, which translates into fast, sharp, and reactive visual animations.
The visual language focuses on geometric shapes and typography as a central element. This representation evokes a world at the cellular level — a jungle that is not yet visible, but already pulsates from within. The music is intense and direct, with strong beats and aggressive rhythmic elements, which translates into fast, sharp, and reactive visual animations.
In the second single, we delve into a city seen up close. We begin to recognize structures: overlapping buildings, vertical and horizontal lines disturbed
by the intrusion of organic forms—wild plants, fungi, and cellular elements—that spread and contaminate the rigidity of the architecture. The music here is more atmospheric, hypnotic, and immersive, which translates into a more fluid visual rhythm, where the real and the imagined become confused.
by the intrusion of organic forms—wild plants, fungi, and cellular elements—that spread and contaminate the rigidity of the architecture. The music here is more atmospheric, hypnotic, and immersive, which translates into a more fluid visual rhythm, where the real and the imagined become confused.
In the third and final single, the world reveals itself in its entirety:
an artificial planet that, despite its robotic appearance, behaves like a living organism. It writhes, breathes, reacts. The sensation is unsettling and almost alien—a fusion between the digital and the biological. The animation of this cover responds to the most ethereal elements of the music, capturing its complexity through generative graphics and organic movements.
an artificial planet that, despite its robotic appearance, behaves like a living organism. It writhes, breathes, reacts. The sensation is unsettling and almost alien—a fusion between the digital and the biological. The animation of this cover responds to the most ethereal elements of the music, capturing its complexity through generative graphics and organic movements.