‘Adders all across the moors
Mice find their way into the mines’

‘Animals, Animals, Animals, Animals, Animals’
Durham, Come Save Me
Faithful Johannes
Out 3rd July

This month, in the lead up to the ‘Durham, Come Save Me’ album launch, I’ll be sharing some of the ideas and sketches that led to the final design of the album artwork.

Most of these are me just getting ideas out of my head and onto the page, so expect extremely loose, quick drawings that haven’t been polished very much, if at all.

Today’s sketch is inspired by the song ‘Animals, Animals, Animals, Animals, Animals’

Unashamedly, if there’s a chance to put my grandad’s miner’s lamp into an illustration, I’ll do it. There’s no shame this time though as not only is the miner’s lamp a strong symbol of County Durham, the mines are right there in the lyrics.

There’s an adder there too. This is the 2nd time I’ve tried to draw an adder and got annoyed. They bring out the inner Indiana Jones in me “Why’s it got to be snakes?”

Pre-orders for the CD with a lyric sheet/ download available now at: https://faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham-come-save-me