JUNO AWARD WINNING GRAPHIC
DESIGN FOR MUSIC
hello... michael here
welcome to my lo-fi no buzzers, buttons or blinkers website
or in other words... my very partial online portfolio
a selection of album covers (cd packages), posters and other musical ephemera as well as some assorted non-music thangs
this is mostly recent work (the last 3 years) and i have thrown in a few favourites from the last 4-5 years
there are almost 170 pieces of work up here but i've done 400 plus album designs to date
plus hundreds of pieces of assorted paraphenalia:
posters, postcards, press kits, promotions etc (man i love alliteration)
i should also mention that i proudly hold one Juno Award and five Juno Award Nominations all for album design
as well as two
(American)
Independent Music Awards and four
IMA Award nominations
for album design and now
poster design
damn i love my job!
if you want to contact me just click on my e-mail
link below
or if you have trouble... copy and paste in the following e-addy
michaelwrycraft@rogers.com
or just call me at (416)
516-2477
(old school yes... but always the
easiest way)
cheers, Michael Wrycraft
Last updated Saturday, January 30 th, 2010
NEWSFLASH!
On November 30th, 2009 I was awarded a
HAMILTON MUSIC AWARD for ALBUM ART
for
the LEE HARVEY OSMOND
album A QUIET EVIL
larger version down below
Brand New Poster design: Born Saturday, January
30 th, 2010
Brand New Logo / T-Shirt design: Born Tuesday,
January 27 th, 2010
Brand New Package: Born Tuesday, January 22nd,
2010
Brand New Package: Born Friday, January 18 th,
2010
Brand New Logo design: Born Tuesday, January 5
th, 2010
Brand New Poster: Born Tuesday, January 5 th,
2010
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, January 5 th, 2010
Brand New Poster: Born Sunday, January 3 rd, 2010
Brand New Poster: Born Saturday, November 5 th,
2009
My own brand new Logo / T-shirt for 2010 - B&W and Colour
Born Thursday, November 3 rd, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, October 29 th,
2009
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, October 20 th,
2009
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, October 13 th,
2009
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, September 22 nd,
2009
Brand New Logo: Born Tuesday, August 8 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, August 3 rd, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, August 27 th,
2009
Brand New Cover: Born Sunday, August 23 rd, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Sunday, August 23 rd, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Monday, July 20 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Monday, June 8 th, 2009
Brand New Logo: Born Monday, June 1st, 2009
Spring 2009 seems to have brought an early poster harvest to Wrycraft Laboratories
Brand New Poster Set: Born Sunday, April 26 th,
2009
Brand New Poster: Born Monday, April 27 th, 2009
Brand New Poster Set: Born Sunday, April 26 th,
2009
Brand New Poster: Born Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Brand New Poster Set: Born Sunday, April 26 th,
2009
Brand New Cover: Born Sunday, April 26 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, April 9 th, 2009
Brand New Poster: Born Tuesday, April 7 th, 2009
This poster is 68" high and 46" wide and will be in 12 bus shelters for 3 weeks in downtown Vancouver
Yaaaaaay!
Check it out... here it is fresh up in a transit
shelter on Commercial Drive in Vancouver
Brand New Poster: Born Tuesday, April 7 th, 2009
This poster is 68" high and 46" wide and will be in 12 bus shelters for 3 weeks in downtown Vancouver
Yaaaaaay!
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, April 7 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, April 7 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, March 17 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, February 26 th, 2009
Brand New Promo Piece: Born Saturday, February 14 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Saturday, February 14 th, 2009
Brand New Poster: Born Saturday, February 7 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Monday, January 26 th, 2009
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, December 11 th, 2008
This is the cover for the new James Brown CD (the Canadian Jazz guitarist not the Soul Legend)
it's called "sevendaze"
i'm thrilled that James wants to ttravel a daring path and have an art only cover
no name or title on the front... just image
the name and title will be on a sticker and thrown
away with the shrink wrap
note: for this cover i started out by creating a large 24" x 24" digital painting titled "endless daze"
this cover is a cropped close-up detail of this painting
(click here to see the entire piece in detail)
there are no actual letters or pieces of type in this painting...
it is just a lovely optical illusion created by filling in some of the
negative space with with colours and textures
Brand New Cover: Born Monday, December 8 th, 2008
Brand New Poster: Born Tuesday, November 25 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, November 4 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, October 28 th,
2008
Brand New Poster: Born Thursday, October 10 th,
2008
Brand New Poster: Born Wednesday, October 8 th,
2008
Brand New Poster: Born Thursday, October 2 nd,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, September 29 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Saturday, September 13 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, September 11 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Tueday, September 9 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Sunday, September 7 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, September 3rd,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Brand New Logo: Born Thursday, July 10 th, 2008
An "almost-matching" set of Brand New Posters:
Born Wednesday, July 9 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, June 12 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, June 4 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Sunday, June 1st, 2008
as of Wednesday, July 29 th 2009 this magnificent album has not been released
fear not though...
the Borealis Recording Company is on the case and will give this cd a magnificent release just as soon as they are able
Brand New Poster: Born Thursday, May 14 th, 2008
18" x 24"
Brand New Poster: Born Tuesday, May 13 th, 2008
this is the saddest and most heartrending design job i have ever had the pleasure of doing
this was a poster announcing the last big concert by my dear long-time friend oliver schroer - freak fiddler supreme
his leukemia reached an untreatable stage and so instead of giving in to the disease he dug in and came up with one last magnificent "concert of his career"
before he passed a month later on july 3rd, 2008.
i was lucky enough to have designed every one of oliver's albums
as well as having spoken and sung on some
we miss you oli
Brand New Cover: Born Monday, May 5 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, February 21st,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, February 21 st,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Wednesday, February 7 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Friday, January 25 th, 2008
the COMBINED age of these three siblings from tupelo, mississippi is 37. meet "the homemade jamz blues band", the youngest blues band in america!
what's so outrageous about this young trio isn't just their age... but how good they actually are!
to quote Mr. B.B. King ? ์in my 82 years i have never seen something musically so remarkable as these young people.๎
Kyle (13), Taya (9) & Ryan Perry (15) made blues history last year. They finished 2nd in the 2007 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
"The Homemade Jamz have such a beautiful Blues
spirit ๓ I really believe they're going to be a huge success." ? Elvin
Bishop
it's going to be a fun journey working with these kids and NorthernBlues... i predict great things ahead.
the wonderful photograph was taken by ebet roberts
Brand New Poster: Born Friday, January 25 th,
2008
Brand New Cover: Born Thursday, January 24 th,
2008
Brand New Poster: Born Thursday, January 24 th, 2008
this is a poster for a fundraising/tribute concert for and to oliver schroer... one of the world's most innovative and creative fiddle players
oli is a good friend and is currently battling leukemia / bone marrow cancer
this is for olifiddle2... oli fiddle1 took place
in june 2007 over 3 nights at hugh's room in toronto and as olifiddle 2
will surely be... it was a resounding success
Brand New Cover: Born Tuesday, January 15 th,
2008
a different kind of cover this time... it's the cover of the new "folk oriented?" cookbook
Folk Food and Folk Tales - a cool book full of tried and true recipes and great stories by roots musicians from around the world
published by the North American Folk Alliance as a fundraising tool and fun promotion
i conceived the idea for the visual and did the layout and type design... but the actual frying pan / guitar illustration was done by my friend, vunder-uber-illustrator david rumfelt.
i love any excuse to work with with david... check out his zesty illustrations at
Brand New Cover: Born Friday, January 18 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Friday, January 11 th, 2008
Brand New Cover: Born Sunday, January 6th, 2008
this is my third for Watermelon... what an astounding
character... check the other 2 watermelon covers down below
