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Studio Dreams

Cory Godbey

“This is the little corner of the world wherein I shall work out my destiny.” N. C. Wyeth A while back fellow Muddy Colors contributor, monster enthusiast, and cat wrangler, Justin Gerard, and I were talking about studios. He posed the question: what makes an ideal studio? In all the working set ups from all the years, what really mattered for quality of life and production? Thinking through every place in the last 15 years…

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SCHMACK SCHMOLE SCHMUPERETTE

Justin Coro Kaufman

April 3, 2025 - Just released the new album art for my good friend Aesop Rock's upcoming album, BLACK HOLE SUPERETTE. The previous cover done for him was all hand drawn and colored to look like natural media, so this time I wanted to do something with a completely different look and feel. Thought it would be cool to do a piece that looked like a photograph of an actual place, but to lean into the surreal a little bit, pump up the colors, the atmosphere, and give it almost a stage set vibe. There’s tons of little details throughout…I found that you have to make a lot of peripheral materials to make a scene like this feel complete. Signage, stickers, graffiti, and little Details like the cigarette butts on the floor or the scribes and smudges on the…

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