Anarchy in the UK

:::..:.:.The big project everyone must have been waiting for? this is my promo poster for a theoretical band called'The Bureaucrats'...a band made to ensure that you do your job properly and the establishment always knows what's best. When making this cover I heard the term 'Bureaucratic' twice, apparently im not allowed to take pictures OF or IN council buildings. I did anyway. 

I wish i could have put my experience into this image but unfortunately I couldn't.

this actually took a long time to get together. My first idea was a band with unconventional rock music....rubbish. So I went back and after some ideas and sketches i came up with 'Red Tape'. At first a band that was fighting out against the bureaucratic red tape and this new 'cushion culture' that England seems to have where if you have a small cold you serve 10 days off paid! 

I liked this idea as it took by what I genuinely thought. I started off by setting on fire a small guitar amp (as the music was rock). However it still didn't have enough substance to it. After some more sketches and trials i decided that maybe im trying too hard with this as it is something i believe in. Maybe i should try something i know not much about?

Originally based around depression (sadistic i know) I came up with this new band, which at first were called 'The Dictators'. They forced policy and red tape on you and made you life a hell.I wanted the style to be this strange doom metal that i've heard before, but after a quick chat and some more sketches with friends, peers and my tutors I decided that, i'm on the right track, but not quite there.

In came 'The Bureaucrats'.....

My first design was a guy sitting at a desk all tied up in tape but for some reason, maybe it was the photo's, i didn't like it, it seemed unfinished all the time. So i used some images of Town Hall that i took in East Ham. The reason for the building is that it looks....horrible really. Most council buildings now are all refurbished and look quite new. this one was not! So with a few shots of the outside and bureaucratic chat with a council person i got these good shots. 

I made them more dramatic in Photoshop then stuck them on Indesign. With a few tutorials on how to make a tape effect with a brush and playing around with a few free fonts i got the look i was looking for!