Bóris Le Tayrøs — Porteur Capricieux
“Porteur Capricieux” is a release by Bóris Le Tayrøs on E II Entertainment.
I designed the cover art and the Twitter banner — halftone texture, hot pink light and cut-paper lettering, pitched to look like a poster torn off a wall rather than a clean studio sleeve.
About the client
Bóris Le Tayrøs is an artist on E II Entertainment, and “Porteur Capricieux” is the 2022 release that closes the discography in his pressbook. The label needed a cover that would hold its own as a tiny square in a streaming app and as a full-width banner announcing the release.
What I designed
- The square cover art for streaming platforms
- A wide release banner for Twitter (X), reading “Disponible en streaming et téléchargement légal”, with the logos of the main platforms
The design choices
The artist stands in front of a hot pink halo that fades to black at the edges, with a halftone texture over the whole image, like a poster printed cheaply and torn off a wall. The title mixes two voices: “PORTEUR” in cut-out, ransom-note letters, each one a different block, and “Capricieux” in a fluid script that crosses over them. The contrast between the two is the title’s meaning in typographic form: something heavy and something unpredictable.
His bull “B” monogram sits above the title, so the cover is clearly part of his catalogue, and the label name runs along the top edge where it does not compete with the face.
Where it works
The cover runs on Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, YouTube, Tidal, Audiomack and the other platforms listed on the banner. The banner reuses the cover and the photo so a fan who sees the announcement recognises the release immediately when it appears in their app.
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