Marcus Freitas

05 / Selected work

Art direction · Music

Album Visual
Identities

Three releases, each shaped into a distinct visual world around the music.

Captain Planet No Visa front sleeve and red vinyl, with illustration by Ariel Davis

Art direction · Graphic design · Visual identity · Packaging

Captain PlanetNickodemusTrio Bruxo

Three releases · Three briefs

The artwork begins with a specific proposition.

01 / Captain Planet

No Visa

Built around an illustration by Ariel Davis, the release identity uses selective crops, typography and composition to sharpen its pop-electronic register. The graphic treatment creates tension with the natural environments embedded in the artwork.

A pop-electronic register in tension with the natural world.

Illustration: Ariel Davis

02 / Nickodemus

The Remix Machine

For an album built from multiple remixes and collaborators, Nickodemus proposed a machine as the central idea. Marcus developed it into a mechanical sonic heart, assembling artist photographs, personal references and production hardware into one dense visual system.

Artists, passions and sound all feeding the same machine.

03 / Trio Bruxo

A Bandeira do Bruxo

For a jazz trio led by a pianist and influenced by maracatu and forró, the visual proposition joins the restraint of classic jazz sleeves with the material richness and emblematic geometry of maracatu nação flags.

“What would a Blue Note cover and a maracatu nação flag look like in the same visual language?”

Three releases · Three worlds

A different visual language for every sound.

01 / 03

Captain Planet

No Visa
Captain Planet No Visa front sleeve and red vinyl
Captain Planet open CD package showing the interior and printed disc
Captain Planet No Visa back sleeve, track typography and red vinyl

Ariel Davis's illustration carries across the LP sleeve and open CD package through selective crops, typography and layout.

Marcus Freitas Art direction, crop selection, typography, composition, graphic treatment and packaging. Illustration: Ariel Davis.

02 / 03

Nickodemus

The Remix Machine
Nickodemus The Remix Machine front sleeve with machine composition and black vinyl
Nickodemus The Remix Machine back sleeve with track sequences and black vinyl

The machine anchors the front sleeve; the reverse organizes the remixes into two sides.

Marcus Freitas Interpretation and visual development of the artist's machine concept through collage, typography, layout and vinyl packaging.

03 / 03

Trio Bruxo

A Bandeira do Bruxo
Trio Bruxo CD package with nested triangle cover and visible interior layers
Trio Bruxo printed disc with teal field and dotted emblem
Trio Bruxo back cover with track listing and triangular border

The nested-triangle emblem leads the package, with the teal field and dotted pattern carried through to the disc and back cover.

Marcus Freitas Graphic design, typography, composition, layout and packaging.

Craft, carried through

Type, texture and the record in hand.

Captain Planet front and back print layout with track typography over Ariel Davis's illustration
01 / Captain Planet
Crop · TypographyFront and back share a continuous color field. Track typography sits within selective crops of the illustration.Illustration: Ariel Davis. Graphic direction and packaging: Marcus Freitas.
Isolated Nickodemus machine composition with collaborator photographs, speaker, turntable and personal references
02 / Nickodemus
CompositionArtist portraits and production hardware form a mechanical sonic heart.Machine premise: Nickodemus.
Visual composition and execution: Marcus Freitas.
Trio Bruxo cover: three nested dotted triangles over a velvet-like teal visual texture
03 / Trio Bruxo
Pattern · GroundNested triangles form the trio's emblem. Dots echo sequins on maracatu nação flags; the teal ground evokes velvet.
Trio Bruxo interior with musician and production credits framed by a triangular border
Format · ContinuityInside the package, triangular borders frame the musician and production credits on the same teal field.

Distinct identities · Shared point of view

Each release emerged with a visual identity as distinct as the music behind it.

Selected art direction and design for Captain Planet, Nickodemus and Trio Bruxo. Captain Planet illustration by Ariel Davis.

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