ARTIST VISUAL WORLDS
Photography, motion, and creative direction for the world surrounding your work.
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ARTIST VISUAL WORLDS
Photography, motion, and creative direction for the world surrounding your work.
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WHAT WE CREATE
The image is often where the audience enters first.
Before the first note lands, people may encounter the cover, portrait, color, or a few seconds of movement. We create those elements from the same emotional world as the work.
WHAT WE CREATE
The image is often where the audience enters first.
Before the first note lands, people may encounter the cover, portrait, color, or a few seconds of movement. We create those elements from the same emotional world as the work.
WHAT WE CREATE
The image is often where the audience enters first.
Before the first note lands, people may encounter the cover, portrait, color, or a few seconds of movement. We create those elements from the same emotional world as the work.
Let’s create the way people enter it.
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Let’s create the way people enter it.
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FEATURED ARTIST WORLD
⟢ She Is Jules | Anxiety
Single artwork
Artist portraiture
Release imagery
Artist: She Is Jules
Project: Anxiety
Medium: Photography
I AM GOLD Role: Photography and cover-ready artwork
A visual story shaped around the release, with images that hold the same emotional atmosphere as the work.
VIEW THE VISUAL STORY
FEATURED ARTIST WORLD
⟢ She Is Jules | Anxiety
Single artwork
Artist portraiture
Release imagery
Artist: She Is Jules
Project: Anxiety
Medium: Photography
I AM GOLD Role: Photography and cover-ready artwork
A visual story shaped around the release, with images that hold the same emotional atmosphere as the work.
VIEW THE VISUAL STORY
FEATURED ARTIST WORLD
⟢ She Is Jules | Anxiety
Single artwork
Artist portraiture
Release imagery
Artist: She Is Jules
Project: Anxiety
Medium: Photography
I AM GOLD Role: Photography and cover-ready artwork
A visual story shaped around the release, with images that hold the same emotional atmosphere as the work.
VIEW THE VISUAL STORY
FROM THE FIRST LISTEN TO THE FINAL FRAME
A complete creative production, built in conversation with the work.
01. LISTEN — You share the music, performance, references, timeline, and where the imagery needs to live.
02. FIND THE LANGUAGE — Together, we identify the emotions, textures, environments, movement, and visual tensions already present in the project.
03. DEVELOP THE WORLD — Shadaye creates the direction and production plan: treatment, locations, styling, shot planning, and motion concepts.
04. PRODUCE — Photography and film are directed with intention, leaving room for instinct, performance, and the unexpected.
05. FINISH — The final collection is edited, color-finished, and prepared for the agreed formats and uses.
06. RELEASE — You receive the agreed files and usage license for the project.
FROM THE FIRST LISTEN TO THE FINAL FRAME
A complete creative production, built in conversation with the work.
01. LISTEN — You share the music, performance, references, timeline, and where the imagery needs to live.
02. FIND THE LANGUAGE — Together, we identify the emotions, textures, environments, movement, and visual tensions already present in the project.
03. DEVELOP THE WORLD — Shadaye creates the direction and production plan: treatment, locations, styling, shot planning, and motion concepts.
04. PRODUCE — Photography and film are directed with intention, leaving room for instinct, performance, and the unexpected.
05. FINISH — The final collection is edited, color-finished, and prepared for the agreed formats and uses.
06. RELEASE — You receive the agreed files and usage license for the project.
FROM THE FIRST LISTEN TO THE FINAL FRAME
A complete creative production, built in conversation with the work.
01. LISTEN — You share the music, performance, references, timeline, and where the imagery needs to live.
02. FIND THE LANGUAGE — Together, we identify the emotions, textures, environments, movement, and visual tensions already present in the project.
03. DEVELOP THE WORLD — Shadaye creates the direction and production plan: treatment, locations, styling, shot planning, and motion concepts.
04. PRODUCE — Photography and film are directed with intention, leaving room for instinct, performance, and the unexpected.
05. FINISH — The final collection is edited, color-finished, and prepared for the agreed formats and uses.
06. RELEASE — You receive the agreed files and usage license for the project.
CHOOSE THE SCALE OF THE COLLABORATION
Each Artist Visual World is custom-developed around the work, creative direction, production needs, deliverables, collaborators, and usage. The investments below establish the starting scale of each collaboration.
⟢ FOCUSED RELEASE
Beginning at $2,500
For one song, primary visual, artist introduction, or focused creative release requiring a clear, art-directed image language. Includes creative discovery, focused concept development, one photography-led production, one primary cover-ready photograph, and a concise collection of artist and promotional images. Motion, graphic design, custom sets, travel, and collaborators may be added according to the project.
⟢ EXPANDED RELEASE WORLD
Beginning at $5,500
For an EP, interconnected release, reintroduction, or body of work that needs photography and motion to feel part of the same visual language. Scope may include deeper concept development, a visual treatment, pre-production, multiple setups, artist portraits, supporting artwork imagery, and platform-adaptable motion assets.
⟢ FULL BODY OF WORK
Custom productions beginning at $9,500
For an album, major artistic shift, multidisciplinary work, tour season, or full creative production requiring a broader visual language. Scope may include expanded direction, photography and film, multiple production days, artist films, visualizers, and intentionally assembled collaborators.
BEGIN A CUSTOM PRODUCTION
Starting investments include the agreed creative direction, photography or motion services, standard post-production, listed deliverables, and usage defined in the proposal. Studio, travel, team, production, licensing, paid advertising, merch, and extended uses are quoted according to the project.
CHOOSE THE SCALE OF THE COLLABORATION
Each Artist Visual World is custom-developed around the work, creative direction, production needs, deliverables, collaborators, and usage. The investments below establish the starting scale of each collaboration.
⟢ FOCUSED RELEASE
Beginning at $2,500
For one song, primary visual, artist introduction, or focused creative release requiring a clear, art-directed image language. Includes creative discovery, focused concept development, one photography-led production, one primary cover-ready photograph, and a concise collection of artist and promotional images. Motion, graphic design, custom sets, travel, and collaborators may be added according to the project.
⟢ EXPANDED RELEASE WORLD
Beginning at $5,500
For an EP, interconnected release, reintroduction, or body of work that needs photography and motion to feel part of the same visual language. Scope may include deeper concept development, a visual treatment, pre-production, multiple setups, artist portraits, supporting artwork imagery, and platform-adaptable motion assets.
⟢ FULL BODY OF WORK
Custom productions beginning at $9,500
For an album, major artistic shift, multidisciplinary work, tour season, or full creative production requiring a broader visual language. Scope may include expanded direction, photography and film, multiple production days, artist films, visualizers, and intentionally assembled collaborators.
BEGIN A CUSTOM PRODUCTION
Starting investments include the agreed creative direction, photography or motion services, standard post-production, listed deliverables, and usage defined in the proposal. Studio, travel, team, production, licensing, paid advertising, merch, and extended uses are quoted according to the project.
CHOOSE THE SCALE OF THE COLLABORATION
Each Artist Visual World is custom-developed around the work, creative direction, production needs, deliverables, collaborators, and usage. The investments below establish the starting scale of each collaboration.
⟢ FOCUSED RELEASE
Beginning at $2,500
For one song, primary visual, artist introduction, or focused creative release requiring a clear, art-directed image language. Includes creative discovery, focused concept development, one photography-led production, one primary cover-ready photograph, and a concise collection of artist and promotional images. Motion, graphic design, custom sets, travel, and collaborators may be added according to the project.
⟢ EXPANDED RELEASE WORLD
Beginning at $5,500
For an EP, interconnected release, reintroduction, or body of work that needs photography and motion to feel part of the same visual language. Scope may include deeper concept development, a visual treatment, pre-production, multiple setups, artist portraits, supporting artwork imagery, and platform-adaptable motion assets.
⟢ FULL BODY OF WORK
Custom productions beginning at $9,500
For an album, major artistic shift, multidisciplinary work, tour season, or full creative production requiring a broader visual language. Scope may include expanded direction, photography and film, multiple production days, artist films, visualizers, and intentionally assembled collaborators.
BEGIN A CUSTOM PRODUCTION
Starting investments include the agreed creative direction, photography or motion services, standard post-production, listed deliverables, and usage defined in the proposal. Studio, travel, team, production, licensing, paid advertising, merch, and extended uses are quoted according to the project.
SELECTED ARTIST WORK
Some work needs one complete visual world. Other work needs room to keep evolving.
Some work needs one complete visual world. Other work needs room to keep evolving.
What kind of support does the work need?
What kind of support does the work need?
⟢ ONE RELEASE OR BODY OF WORK
For a single, EP, album, artist introduction, performance film, or focused body of work needing complete visual direction. Artist Visual Worlds are built for defined projects with a clear production scope, deliverables, and release purpose.
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⟢ MULTIPLE RELEASES OR AN EVOLVING ERA
For several singles, performances, announcements, or creative moments unfolding over time. Creative Retainers provide ongoing direction, reserved production capacity, photography, motion, and a visual language that develops across the season.
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