Khingz album art
Combining real-world and digital imagery with layered, creative thinking to bring lyrical genius to life visually.
An artwork ask
Well, first you freak out a little. Then you get to work.
Lyrical layering
His songs and albums always have multiple layers to their meaning, and I challenged myself to try to match his lyrical virtuosity with the visuals I created for “Good Gangster.” Not an easy task, but I’m always up for a challenge.
"Good aimer, raised off that good gangster... want good for the 'hood, and that's a good thing to know."
Manifesting multiple meanings
I changed out the sword for a gun and a quill to reflect the artist’s weapons of choice in the two different parts of his life. Keeping with the theme of layered meaning, I took the title of the album and added an Ouroboros to the card’s design.
Inside info illustrated
On the execution front, I carved a real table with a real screw until my actual fingers blistered and bled, created my own bootleg photography lighting setup and then used Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator to bring it all together in a design that eventually became the artwork for the full album and the merch.
Make sure to listen to the song below, and check out more music from Khingz on Spotify and Bandcamp.



