NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - atm jam (ft. pharrell)

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - atm jam (ft. pharrell)

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - yung rapunxel

British visual artist Jam Sutton revealed Ms. Banks' new single artwork for single 'Yung Rapunxel' - from upcoming debut album. It's loud, lairy and feels like a throwback to a vintage Missy Elliott/Hype Williams video... I love it!

NEW REMIX SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - fierce (dj josh peace redux)

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - bbd

RANDOM : azealia banks reveals original '1991' EP artwork..

Azealia Banks has had an epic year. With the release of the 'Fantasea' mixtape and '1991' EP - she has been feeding a constant taster of what's to come from debut album 'Broke With Expensive Taste'. From the start one common strong point for Azzy has been her visual work, not only some sumptuous music videos and live shows, but also her artwork. The 'Fantasea' mixtape's associated single covers all held an illustrated theme - helmed by illustrator Christina Lu - which Ms. Banks diverted away from for her EP visual, which showed her in more of a Grace Jones, fashionista light (see above).

But today on her Facebook page, the '212' beauty revealed the original (illustrated) artwork for '1991'. For me this proves she doesn't simply jump into a look, it is a considered process and luckily she made the right choice... Get into it below:

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - esta noche (ft. munchi)

Loving the image, not feeling the half-faded out type :/ Azzy is usually on point with her visuals (see: Her videos for 'Liquorice', '1991' and 'Van Vogue')...at least the song is straight fyahhhh!

CHECK OUT : christina lu designs for azealia banks

As you know, I have been posting all the illustrated artworks from Azealia Banks' release 'Fantasea' - covers for all the awesome singles 'Jumanji', 'Aquababe', 'Nathan' and 'Neptune', as well as the housing mixtape. After a little digging I discovered that the talented illustrator/designer behind the visuals is a New York-based artist named Christina Lu. On her Behance page there is an extensive portfolio of her work (including everything she has done for Ms. Banks and more), but choosing to not simply post the final images, Lu has put together .GIFs of the process her designs have gone through from initial sketches to final artwork. Check out one for the 'Fantasea' mixtape cover:

Fudging awesome, right?! Looking deeper into her other designs, you can see what the single artworks were originally going to look like too. Such as 'Jumanji' - which ended up having a fancily-dressed Azealia dancing with an Elephant - but initially the design was more abstract. Check it out:

Also, this early drawing for the layout of the 'Neptune' cover shows that a sort of mermaid kingdom was going to be included, but was taken out in the final artwork.

Loving all the early layouts for type as well, showing the consideration that went into these pieces even though they are all for online distribution (the mixtape hasn't been physically released) and - in some people's eyes - are "just" illustrations. It definitely shows the creativity and design that is needed to create something interesting and pleasing for the eye. Make sure you go over to Christina's page (click here) to see all of the .GIFs and her other pieces, this is definitely someone to watch and simonsez will be keeping his eyes peeled for sure :)

(Source: www.behance.net/cplu)

NEW BACK COVER ARTWORK : azealia banks - fantasea

Get into the tracklisting of Ms. Banks' up coming mixtape 'Fantasea' (and check out the front cover artwork here) -

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - neptune (ft. shystie)

Another delightful Christina Lu-illustrated cover has emerged for another song from the 'Fantasea' mixtape. Yum, yes and yum again!

NEW MIXTAPE ARTWORK : azealia banks - fantasea

Azzy keeps bringing that good good with the artwork!! Keeping with the illustration/digital look we've seen for all the single releases from 'Fantasea'. Also.. I may have just found the designer behind these hot pieces... give me a sec and I'll do a profile on him and his awesome work for Ms. Banks :)

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - nathan (ft. styles p)

The next illustrated artwork for Azzy's latest single (from up coming mixtape 'The Fantasea').

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - aquababe

This will be the second single from her upcoming 'Fantasea' mixtape - Ms. Banks is keeping up the cartoon artwork (just like the cover for first single 'Jumanji') theme and I'm loving the "black Ariel" thing going on (move over "black Barbie"...)

NEW EP ARTWORK : azealia banks - 1991

oooooooo, gurl, i'm feeling this! channeling some pure grace jones (as quite a few others have done before her), banks pulls out a striking yellow 'n black piece for her debut EP. and it's got me even more excited for it!

p.s. i don't know what pose she be pulling, but i'm adopting it for all future photos of myself...

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - jumanji

azzy be serving us spoonfuls of babar the elephant realness with the first leak from her forthcoming 'fantastic' mixtape. i can't put my finger on this girl's visuals...do i like them? are the ironic like m.i.a's? i want to see what her eventual '1991' album looks like...maybe that will answer some questions...

NEW REMIX SINGLE ARTWORK : lana del rey - blue jeans (ft. azealia banks) (smims & belle remix)

well this remix was unexpected! loving it :D artwork leaves something to be desired... would've loved them to do something with the flawless artwork of the original single...

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : azealia banks - fuck up the fun (ft. diplo)

not as uh-marzing as her other artworks... i think this is just a cover to attach to the buzz song on her soundcloud page. really feeling them perez hilton vibes though...

DISCOVERED : azealia banks - needsumluv & 212 (ft. lazy jay)

the latest filthy mouthed femcee to appear in the game is azealia banks. the new york native has been appearing on a lot of "next big thing" lists for 2012 and she is set to give minaj a run for her dollars! 'needsumluv' is her latest release (set to appear on producer machinedrum's EP 'SXLND'...loving all these abbreviated/M.I.A. style titles!)

also check out her earlier single '212'...insanely addictive and deffo not to be sung around your grandmother...