Digital artist from Ireland, Aaron Fahy recreates his favorite rap/hip-hop album covers with crayons in a children’s painting style. Music and graphic design are two favorite things of Aaron Fahy and he seems to have found a way to combine them in the most harmonious way. He has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, including Ty Dolla $ign, Orla Gartland, Awkward Z, Pat Lagoon, and HappyAlone.
In an interview that Aaron Fahy made with District Magazine, he explains that his interest in album covers and design in general, came from childhood: “Essentially my interest in design stemmed from when I was 12/13 we got a lot of downloaded music from one of my dad’s friends on iTunes and none of them had artworks so I used to make my own in paint”.
Aaron Fahy explains how he started the Crayon Covers series as follows: “I was in bed and I was completely burnt out from commission work that I had just finished and I was thinking to myself how easy this art stuff was as a kid… and it kind of hit me then – “Why don’t I merge those things together?” So the next day I went to town, bought crayons, paper and stickers and started drawing. It started as a joke but it gained serious traction and was shared by various outlets like XXL which was mind-blowing to me but on the flipside, it kind of annoyed me as the art that I put virtually no work into got the most recognition. Nowadays I look back on it and kind of just laugh at it all. “
He makes fun of the effortlessness of the simple and yet beautiful works he shared on Instagram: “Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a photo of the album cover, this is actually a drawing that I invested an incredible amount of time in 😤😤😤”
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Aaron Fahy Brilliantly Recreates Popular Album Covers
Digital artist from Ireland, Aaron Fahy recreates his favorite rap/hip-hop album covers with crayons in a children’s painting style. Music and graphic design are two favorite things of Aaron Fahy and he seems to have found a way to combine them in the most harmonious way. He has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, including Ty Dolla $ign, Orla Gartland, Awkward Z, Pat Lagoon, and HappyAlone.
In an interview that Aaron Fahy made with District Magazine, he explains that his interest in album covers and design in general, came from childhood: “Essentially my interest in design stemmed from when I was 12/13 we got a lot of downloaded music from one of my dad’s friends on iTunes and none of them had artworks so I used to make my own in paint”.
Aaron Fahy explains how he started the Crayon Covers series as follows: “I was in bed and I was completely burnt out from commission work that I had just finished and I was thinking to myself how easy this art stuff was as a kid… and it kind of hit me then – “Why don’t I merge those things together?” So the next day I went to town, bought crayons, paper and stickers and started drawing. It started as a joke but it gained serious traction and was shared by various outlets like XXL which was mind-blowing to me but on the flipside, it kind of annoyed me as the art that I put virtually no work into got the most recognition. Nowadays I look back on it and kind of just laugh at it all. “
He makes fun of the effortlessness of the simple and yet beautiful works he shared on Instagram: “Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a photo of the album cover, this is actually a drawing that I invested an incredible amount of time in 😤😤😤”
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