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Judged by the Cover - Music Discovery - Coming Home by The Dangerous Summer
Go on a journey with us as we discover an amazingly fun album and band by doing some curiosity buying solely based on the cover art!

Josh Wilhelm
Feb 26, 20241 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Best of 2023
To kick off this new season, I thought it would be fun to look at some of our favorite album covers, physical packaging, and music from 2023

Josh Wilhelm
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Ugly Christmas Sweater
There is no shortage of Christmas albums…covering everything from traditional hymns to some of pop cultures finest trying to create music...

Josh Wilhelm
Dec 22, 20238 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Brent Crowe Interview
A special interview episode of the Judged by the Cover podcast, and this time it is with a great friend of mine Brent Crowe!

Josh Wilhelm
Nov 10, 20231 min read
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What is Pre-Made Cover Art...?
Pre-made cover art is pre-designed cover options, that are partially customizable with your artist name, your track name, and some allow pho

Josh Wilhelm
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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Judged by the Cover - London Calling
On todays episode we are going to be looking at an album cover with a little controversy to it.

Josh Wilhelm
Oct 2, 202310 min read
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Can I Design My Own Cover Art...?
If you are a band, musician, or a podcaster...you might be asking yourself can I design my own cover art...? I think my answer might surpris

Josh Wilhelm
Sep 18, 20233 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Brave the Storm - The Abe Montalvo
be discusses his new signal Brave the Storm, an upcoming 2 song EP, tips on song writing, a synthwave side project, and much much more!!!

Josh Wilhelm
Sep 7, 20231 min read
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What's new at JW Creates...?
2023 has been a busy year so far. Here's a few updates about what's going on at JW Creates. It's hard to believe that we are already in...

Josh Wilhelm
Aug 29, 20233 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Cars on Covers
New episode of the Judged by the Cover podcast, with the theme Cars on Album Covers.

Josh Wilhelm
Aug 18, 202313 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Book of Dreams Ep. 5
Welcome back to the Judged by the Cover Podcast, a JW Creates podcast. Today I have an album cover that I am really excited to talk...

Josh Wilhelm
Jun 16, 20238 min read
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Who needs graphic design...?
With all these different options, it can be intimidating to figure out which graphic designer is best for you and your project. I’m going to

Josh Wilhelm
May 25, 20233 min read
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Website Design Process - YWHAG Research Foundation
Website design projects can be some of the most exciting and rewarding things that I work on at JW Creates. In this note I'll share how I...

Josh Wilhelm
May 10, 20234 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Too Good - The Phil Hyland Interview
Phil Hyland, singer songwriter and a great friend of mine, comes on the Judged by the Cover podcast to talk about his career in the...

Josh Wilhelm
May 4, 20231 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Meteora Ep.4
One of the my favorite, most formative albums, Meteora turned 20 this year!!! I never knew what made this album cover so special, but now I

Josh Wilhelm
Apr 17, 20236 min read
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Album Cover Process - FACE
Custom album cover process for the band FACE. Check out the behind the scenes process in creating the album cover for the band FACE.

Josh Wilhelm
Mar 27, 20233 min read
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Logo Throwback
Since you may not know yet how much I love creating logos and branding, let me take you back to a few logos that helped shape my process.

Josh Wilhelm
Mar 8, 20233 min read
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Judged by the Cover - Chicago Ep. 3
The group that put band logos on the map Guess who’s back….back again….. Welcome back to the Judged by the cover podcast. After what...

Josh Wilhelm
Mar 1, 20238 min read
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Branding Design Process - Land of the Dad
My most common projects are logo and branding projects. Look at my project for Land of the Dad, and let me walk you through my design proces

Josh Wilhelm
Feb 22, 20234 min read
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New Year, New.....Website!
Forget new year, new you... Lets get your brand or business looking fresh and professional with a new website!

Josh Wilhelm
Feb 7, 20233 min read
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