Aephanemer - A Dream of Wilderness

Front cover illustration for the "A Dream of Wilderness" album from French band Aephanemer, released by Napalm Records in 2021.

I have a long-standing collaboration with the band, and the initial brief included featuring a wild boar. I wanted to push the envelope a bit in regards to the colour scheme and arrived at a gold/blue combination that feels fresh and very atypical of the genre. The illustration got very well received and ended up on a few "best album cover of 2021" lists.

In a flattering "life imitates art" event, Instagram user and Aephanemer fan Steblynka made a nifty sculptured version of the boar: