MUSIC · COVER ART & MERCH
Romeo Music Cover
Romeo is cover art for a single inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Starting from the line “Thus with a kiss I die”, the artwork blends classical typography with feverish, colour-saturated portraits to capture love, longing and tragedy.
Role: Art Direction & Design · Scope: Cover art, typography, vinyl, merchandise
EXPLORATIONS
Many colour and texture studies were made before the final cover: blurred portraits, heat-map gradients and soft glows that feel both romantic and restless.
ON VINYL
The artwork is wrapped around a black vinyl record, while a repeated typographic quote, don't waste your love on somebody who doesn't value it, adds an emotional layer.
VISUAL CONCEPT
Blurred, heat-map portraits in magenta, orange and violet suggest passion seen through memory. They are layered into grids and colour studies, then pressed onto the vinyl and its sleeve.
THE STATUE
A fragmented classical bust, half stone and half shadow, represents a love that is both timeless and broken, and becomes a secondary image for singles.
POETRY AS IMAGE
Lines from Romeo and Juliet, have not saints lips, and holy palmers too, are placed over a deep red close-up of lips, turning classic poetry into a bold visual.
A CLASSICAL TYPEFACE
Inspired by old printed pages, the custom display alphabet mixes classical proportions with a slightly gothic edge, connecting Shakespeare's era to today.
THE LOGOTYPE
The ROMEO wordmark is drawn with sharp serifs and small circular details, and can be set in a line, as an outline or stacked vertically like an inscription.
TYPOGRAPHY & MERCH
A classical, chiselled serif with circular counters echoes Renaissance inscriptions and sits beside Shakespeare’s own lines. The same system carries onto vinyl labels, T-shirts and hoodies for a complete release package.
MERCHANDISE
T-shirts carry a narrow strip of the cover gradient or a small framed portrait, subtle enough to wear every day and still unmistakably Romeo.
WORDS & MOTION
Grainy film stills and Shakespeare's lines set in elegant columns extend the story into social posts, streaming banners and lyric visuals.
WEARABLE ROMEO
Hoodies close the collection, with the cover art on the chest and the stacked logotype on the back, giving fans a piece of the record to wear.
