The company was started in 1992 by brothers Aaron and Shawn Brauch. The Brauch brothers and their staff worked with over 8,000 clients and completed 19,180[1] album covers before the company closed its doors in 2003.[2] The brothers cited peer-to-peer file sharing website Napster and the September 11 attacks as reasons for the close; artists were reluctant to fly to Houston to view artwork that listeners would be unlikely to see.[3][4]
The album covers Pen & Pixel produced have been described as "gaudy"[3] and "outrageous".[5] Common themes included bullets, cars, drugs, fire, gems, money, women, and other examples of wealth and riches.[3][4] Pen & Pixel would fulfill client requests for custom album covers, with sketches of the album cover being drawn based on the concepts requested. These sketches would then be scanned by a computer, which would generate a list of items needed for the cover, such as cars and diamonds. Photos would then be taken of these items from different angles, so the same item could be reused in the future.[1] Pen & Pixel apparently refused to produce possibly political covers.[6][7]
In 2020, Pen & Pixel came out of retirement to design the cover art for 21 Savage and Metro Boomin's Savage Mode II.[8] The artwork is in their signature design, "heavily" inspired by those of Cash Money and No Limit and is a nod to the "bling rap" album covers of the 1990s.[9][10][11]
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^Julie, Grob. "Special Collections- Librarian". www.uh.edu/. University of Houston. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
^ abcMebane, William. "Letter of Recommendation: Pen & Pixel". nytimes. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^ abKakaire, Christine. "Strictly abiding by a "more-is-more" philosophy, the Brauch brothers shaped the visual aesthetic of Southern hip-hop's flashiest era". RedBullmusicacademy. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
^Howard, Jacinta. "THE BEST PEN & PIXEL RAP COVERS". theboombox. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^Friedman, Skinny. "An Ode to Pen & Pixel Album Covers". Vice. Vice media. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^Jenkins, Sacha; Wilson, Elliot; Mao, Jeff; Alvarez, Gabe; Rollins, Brent (March 25, 2014). Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 169. ISBN978-1466866973. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^Metro Boomin (confirmed account) [@MetroBoomin] (September 30, 2020). "Shoutout Pen & Pixel for coming out of retirement to do 1 more cover #legendary" (Tweet). Retrieved October 1, 2020 – via Twitter.
^Findlay, Mitch (September 29, 2020). "Metro Boomin & 21 Savage Unveil "Savage Mode 2" Cover". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved October 1, 2020. Although Pen & Pixel was commissioned to do the Savage Mode ll cover, the cover that was released for the album is not an official Pen & Pixel cover, but instead inspired by a cover Pen & Pixel did for 21 Savage that was scrapped due to deadline issues.
^Ivey, Justin (September 29, 2020). "21 Savage & Metro Boomin's 'Savage Mode 2' Cover Art Channels Classic Cash Money & No Limit Albums". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^Harper, Rosario (September 29, 2020). "21 Savage + Metro Boomin Reveal Cash Money Records-Inspired Savage Mode II Album Cover". SOHH. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
pixel, graphics, american, graphic, design, firm, based, houston, texas, that, specialized, musical, album, covers, especially, gangsta, artists, southern, united, states, long, time, house, design, firm, limit, records, cash, money, records, suave, house, rec. Pen amp Pixel Graphics Inc was an American graphic design firm based in Houston Texas that specialized in musical album covers especially for gangsta rap artists in the Southern United States For a long time it was the house design firm for No Limit Records Cash Money Records and Suave House Records Pen amp Pixel Graphics Inc TypePrivateIndustryGraphic designFounded1992 31 years ago 1992 in Houston Texas United StatesFoundersAaron BrauchShawn BrauchDefunct2003 2003 FateDissolvedHeadquartersHouston Texas United StatesServicesComputer graphics and designWebsitepenandpixel com archived Contents 1 History 2 CD covers 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe company was started in 1992 by brothers Aaron and Shawn Brauch The Brauch brothers and their staff worked with over 8 000 clients and completed 19 180 1 album covers before the company closed its doors in 2003 2 The brothers cited peer to peer file sharing website Napster and the September 11 attacks as reasons for the close artists were reluctant to fly to Houston to view artwork that listeners would be unlikely to see 3 4 The album covers Pen amp Pixel produced have been described as gaudy 3 and outrageous 5 Common themes included bullets cars drugs fire gems money women and other examples of wealth and riches 3 4 Pen amp Pixel would fulfill client requests for custom album covers with sketches of the album cover being drawn based on the concepts requested These sketches would then be scanned by a computer which would generate a list of items needed for the cover such as cars and diamonds Photos would then be taken of these items from different angles so the same item could be reused in the future 1 Pen amp Pixel apparently refused to produce possibly political covers 6 7 In 2020 Pen amp Pixel came out of retirement to design the cover art for 21 Savage and Metro Boomin s Savage Mode II 8 The artwork is in their signature design heavily inspired by those of Cash Money and No Limit and is a nod to the bling rap album covers of the 1990s 9 10 11 CD covers editIn Tha Game Nemesis 12 Ghetto D Master P MP da Last Don Master P Pimp Sh t Playa G 3 N The Mornin DJ Screw Let s Die 2 Gether Murder INC CrazyNDaLazDayz by Tear Da Club Up Thugs Chapter 2 World Domination by Three 6 Mafia 400 Degreez by Juvenile Ghetty Green by Project PatWhen the Smoke Clears Sixty 6 Sixty 1 by Three 6 MafiaReferences edit a b Noisey Defining the Visual Style of Southern Hip Hop Noisey Design Episode 1 Vice Media Archived from the original on October 7 2014 Retrieved February 18 2020 via Youtube Julie Grob Special Collections Librarian www uh edu University of Houston Retrieved April 20 2019 a b c Mebane William Letter of Recommendation Pen amp Pixel nytimes Retrieved February 17 2020 a b Kakaire Christine Strictly abiding by a more is more philosophy the Brauch brothers shaped the visual aesthetic of Southern hip hop s flashiest era RedBullmusicacademy Retrieved February 18 2020 Howard Jacinta THE BEST PEN amp PIXEL RAP COVERS theboombox Retrieved February 17 2020 Friedman Skinny An Ode to Pen amp Pixel Album Covers Vice Vice media Retrieved February 17 2020 Jenkins Sacha Wilson Elliot Mao Jeff Alvarez Gabe Rollins Brent March 25 2014 Ego Trip s Book of Rap Lists St Martin s Publishing Group p 169 ISBN 978 1466866973 Retrieved February 17 2020 Metro Boomin confirmed account MetroBoomin September 30 2020 Shoutout Pen amp Pixel for coming out of retirement to do 1 more cover legendary Tweet Retrieved October 1 2020 via Twitter Findlay Mitch September 29 2020 Metro Boomin amp 21 Savage Unveil Savage Mode 2 Cover HotNewHipHop Retrieved October 1 2020 Although Pen amp Pixel was commissioned to do the Savage Mode ll cover the cover that was released for the album is not an official Pen amp Pixel cover but instead inspired by a cover Pen amp Pixel did for 21 Savage that was scrapped due to deadline issues Ivey Justin September 29 2020 21 Savage amp Metro Boomin s Savage Mode 2 Cover Art Channels Classic Cash Money amp No Limit Albums HipHopDX Retrieved October 1 2020 Harper Rosario September 29 2020 21 Savage Metro Boomin Reveal Cash Money Records Inspired Savage Mode II Album Cover SOHH Retrieved October 1 2020 Pen and pixel Retrieved 3 June 2023External links editOfficial website at the Wayback Machine archived March 4 2000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pen 26 Pixel amp oldid 1173884001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
