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SEVERANCE S1 LP Soundtrack


Greg Ruth

*SPOILER WARNING: If you're not familiar with or have seen the first season of Severance, please fix that first. While this article is primarily about the process around the 2-set LP we did for MONDO/Death Waltz Records, I'm not going to hold back on worrying about spoilers. So this is your only warning. Essentially, stop, go right now and watch the first season toot sweet. As design and illustration jobs go there to date hasn't…

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Conceptual Evolutions


Kristine Poole

September 25, 2025 - A friend and fellow artist once shared a conversation he’d had that many of us are also familiar with. A collector asked him, “So, how do you know when a piece is finished?” His answer? “It’s finished when you buy it… because then I can’t mess with it anymore.” I don’t know if everyone does this, but we certainly have. Often, when we’re working through a piece, a large part of the process is eliminating creative paths that we could take, but don’t, to ultimately end up with what is hopefully the most complete expression of our vision. A part of us is then always left to wonder: what if I’d done the other idea instead? Or, as time progresses, our vision, skills, knowledge, research, interests and curiosities develop and shift. Maybe we revisit a…

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