Awesome artistic inspiration from music magazine adverts

I was browsing some old NME music magazines and I realised some of the advertisements for festivals and bands truly are works of art, they can provide some good ideas for any designer be it for web or print, lots of textures and colours to get some creative inspiration.

Below is 20 examples that I scanned in to the computer, You can also see part 2 of Artistic Music Magazine Adverts

Intel Studio

Design Features: Torn paper, torn paper background, abstract image in centre, vibrant gradient colours on black paper.

Fenchurch

Design Features: Wood grain, vintage, torn paper, old creased card, whites, blacks

Bloom

Design Features: handdrawn, bold colours, note book paper, greens, blues, blocks of info, distressed.

Loaded in the park

Design Features: torn, grunge borders, star burst background, vibrant colours

Laura Marling

Design Features: Worn Floral pattern, depicting a man

Latitude Festival 2008

Design Features: foliage, floral borders, 3D Title, faint sky water colour background

KOKO Black & White

Design Features: Black and White, floral design surrounding text and border, vintage

KOKO

Design Features: Old Vintage design, black and red, small sketched images, floral design

Hydro Connect

Design Features: Coloured floral border design, floral dividers, light blue gradient background, green, blue, white

Hot Club De Paris

Design Features: Vintage poster style, blue, red,

The Hoosiers

Design Features: abstract foliage and wildlife border, white

Green Man festival

Design Features: floral star burst, vector drawing, greens, yellows

Gola

Design Features: Vibrant colours, white background, simple

Hydro Connect Festival

Design Features: Coloured floral border, photos, gradient background

Cage The Elephant

Design Features: grainy background, hand drawn skull, multicoloured, purples

Bradford Music Week

Design Features: yellow, black, grunge, blocks, paint splatters, stripes, distressed

Biffy Clyro

Design Features: Blues, water colours, focus on image, left aligned

Bandstand

Design Features: green blue background gradient, hand drawn floral border and butterflies

Babysahmbles

Design Features: Red, old, worn creased, vintage border, expensive looking card

Awesome Badges

Design Features: Circus, poster, floral pattern, red, yellow, vector art

You can also see part 2 of Artistic Music Magazine Adverts

Author of this post: Max Stanworth

Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard. See all posts by: Max Stanworth