California Winter

Bonnie McKee

I worked closely with Bonnie to create a Graffiti Records exclusive physical release for her 2024 christmas EP, California Winter.

Our main goal was for the imagery to feel timeless, yet modern and fun. We took inspiration from vintage holiday records, maintaining the same minimalistic, flat and playful design choices that made some of the images look like they were shot in a sound stage.

The final design was achieved with a mix of 3D compositing and image retouching, modeling parts of the scene in Cinema 4D to further expand some of the elements in the final images.

We played with the concept of the album by mixing some traditional christmas elements with a summer twist, like having a pool floatie with candy cane stripes, replacing snow with sand or having the coconuts on the main logo resemble a mistletoe.

We played with the concept of the album by mixing some traditional christmas elements with a summer twist, like having a pool floatie with candy cane stripes, replacing snow with sand or having the coconuts on the main logo resemble a mistletoe.