JW's NOTES

This year brought big life changes, unexpected challenges, creative wins, and moments where it felt like time completely slipped through my fingers. It’s honestly wild to be sitting here at the end of the year wondering how we already made it to the New Year and realizing there are still things I wanted to do that I never quite got to. But that’s life. And that’s running a creative business.

In this episode of Judged by the Cover, Phil Hyland takes us on a nostalgic journey through his musical past. He shares the story behind "Reel to Real," a collection of 90s demo recordings recently brought back to life. Josh from JW Creates details the creative process behind the album artwork, incorporating weathered textures and Phil's handwriting to capture the essence of the era.

While Aaron and I were chatting about my recent takeover of PodNooga — a growing podcast network dedicated to elevating creative voices in the Chattanooga area — he mentioned a poetry event he had in the works. Initially, he just needed help figuring out how to record the event. But once I heard his vision, I realized I had everything needed to help bring it to life — from gear and production experience to the creative fire to help shape its visual identity....

In this episode, we explore Crashing Dream by Rain Parade, a lesser-known band that holds a special place in Phil's heart.

In the world of podcasts, a couple of small things can make a huge impact for a show....

For musicians, bands, and podcasters, one powerful tool for capturing attention and enticing new listeners is often overlooked...

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

Pre-made cover art is pre-designed cover options, that are partially customizable with your artist name, your track name, and some allow pho

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Custom album cover process for the band FACE. Check out the behind the scenes process in creating the album cover for the band FACE.

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.

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

Forget new year, new you... Lets get your brand or business looking fresh and professional with a new website!

How important cover art is for music in our digital streaming music world. In today’s digital world, we don’t interact with physical albums

One of my favorite things to create, and what actually started this business, is album covers. I love getting to visually communicate the...