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"Absolutely killer artwork. Seriously, this is one of the cooler covers we’ve seen over the years. The color scheme is simple, and biting, and the imagery awesome"
- Stanley Stepanic / DeafSparrow.com
PROJECT BRIEF
Identity for Bay Area metal band, No Trust. The band members were recording their first album so they needed a logo, graphics for the album artwork and merch. They sent me an image of an ouroboros they had painted and wanted me to use it as inspiration. I liked the idea of the snake eating itself, but it felt more of an inward facing distrust and I felt it needed to be more outward facing. Nothing breeds more distrust than a rattlesnake. Best way to solve the problem of a rattlesnake biting you, cut its head off. So with that as a starting point, this is what I came up with, a cool type treatment and a modular approach to the logo that could be used with or without the rattlesnake graphic. Below are some of the ways the band enjoyed using the logo on merch, marketing collateral and the album artwork. Click on the images to see larger images and expanded explanations of the design piece.
![No Trust word mark, super metal and thrashed](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/66310794-ede7-47f0-8ac4-88ca4dcd41f1_rw_1200.png?h=2f871e2441deb2d971a76e9d0e1ae1ac)
No Trust word mark, super metal and thrashed
![No Trust snake head graphic, two color option](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/3b19eb10-45a7-4bb2-9d6c-ac8af217b58c_rw_1200.png?h=caef24014a3d45d63669374a89a01297)
No Trust snake head graphic, two color option
![Full graphic logo lockup](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/1d1ca00e-2705-4442-ab28-5d9b0bec6601_rw_1200.png?h=521ea424b33033a705ee8bd19271bbff)
Full graphic logo lockup
![Digi-pack dielines for album artwork](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/8382fac5-cc00-4684-8ac5-7934c2333afd_rw_1920.png?h=87ab6c453bc949c611ced02f5d8ce198)
Digi-pack dielines for album artwork
![No Trust - "Unfound" album digi-pack artwork, promo card with QR code for album download](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/3828242e-d38d-40c5-afce-3540b12c441d_rw_1920.jpg?h=b0e14a99b54bf6c6d5c6e3bb4c94c205)
No Trust - "Unfound" album digi-pack artwork, promo card with QR code for album download
![Client sent this image showing delivery and opening of albums first press](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/61b5f5f1-eac6-436f-a42f-eab16e5ecf5e_rw_1200.jpg?h=d00f3548a295acffbe38b7da86332459)
Client sent this image showing delivery and opening of albums first press
![Custom drum head and stenciled amp cover](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/420b8168-634e-401e-8cb9-6192f1d90e2d_rw_1200.jpg?h=8f1fa5a4f22fd7eb33356d00627a48b9)
Custom drum head and stenciled amp cover
![Performing live featuring the custom drum head](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/224c1815-b526-45b9-a47a-5c17ad415166_rw_1200.jpg?h=b8be09c021eb738eb45f0cbf8b16418b)
Performing live featuring the custom drum head
![Custom drum kit, bass drum head](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/fda89d1e-79a4-4c4c-a8e2-89302b49a27c_rw_1200.jpg?h=67b3c17e86a44be8fdd3ebb96573569b)
Custom drum kit, bass drum head
![Press Release bifold cover with QR code for album download](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/74bb6ed9-cb61-4c6a-b1a6-1ed703b49e29_rw_1920.jpg?h=896b23a5f0fb16ac19728e4c1666d484)
Press Release bifold cover with QR code for album download
![No Trust Press release, interior spread](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/a3e7a3ce-d63a-4849-8f85-9c49f85cb1cf_rw_1920.jpg?h=f57101ffd23c7f6ca2cf049d649e3a96)
No Trust Press release, interior spread
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/9fdca056-f8d2-42cf-a8f3-bc2e4c1df598_rw_1920.jpg?h=a519381cdb41654a8ea1624fe6800b7c)
![Full graphic with wordmark, snake head and coils](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/a400b1d6-ea2e-44b7-852f-2f9b6def4d44_rw_1920.jpg?h=ad97ce5e4fb25eddc85397b76795c0e4)
Full graphic with wordmark, snake head and coils
![Band merch t-shirt example](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/c13f57c0-6b39-4b8c-a16b-e75b479278da_rw_1200.jpg?h=7f63fbec86f293f9bda294d98dfddd65)
Band merch t-shirt example
![Bandcamp.com artist page graphics and hyperlinked social media buttons work around for No Trust](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/38d0494c-4c41-41d8-aff6-997a3ff417e0_rw_1920.jpg?h=bc19aa2e5537433fac2f52f7bfaf897f)
Bandcamp.com artist page graphics and hyperlinked social media buttons work around for No Trust
![No Trust Metalsucks.net leaderboard advertisement](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/17315ab1-c705-4514-84b9-265e220711a3_rw_1200.jpg?h=16e87151166f773cb37e6d2156df8a4e)
No Trust Metalsucks.net leaderboard advertisement
![Twitter profile background graphics for metal band No Trust](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/9afac10d-05d6-43fb-9d44-606c035f65da_rw_1920.png?h=e523c5aec458e765297daa992b0cc861)
Twitter profile background graphics for metal band No Trust
![No Trust YouTube channel artwork](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/4a040811-42f0-4f32-9e37-98c2b7251e74_rw_1920.png?h=e3783ea42bdf6421b49193e79ed24e26)
No Trust YouTube channel artwork
![Repeating Adobe Illustrator brush to easily create pieces of the snake scale pattern](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9887c778-29d0-4114-b2ee-74be0486f1b8/31f0f267-c90d-45d0-a983-2b531945dbbb_rw_1200.jpg?h=602fa5886beb39f70f57a26f5d85f373)