TARIK

mikou

Track ListONE ALBUM ARTtwo musician three night owlFOUR PHOTO EDITINGfive canadian seven typographySEVEN PRINT ART

art website www.tarikmikou.comwww.rougemachine.com music website

email info@tarikmikou.com

Tarik Mikou’s

ar

speaks to the spunky

creative side of my art

istic

soul in a way that only

he and I could more

than

likely capture. Majority

of this Canadian na

tive’s

work is music and ta

bloid

inspired. Predominan

ce of

what I’ve come across

in my

research includes vi

brant,

sophisticated and complex

CD covers for neutra

lizing

artist such as Call

Me Kat

and Sarah Slean. His

work

seems to reflect the

inner

workings and meanings of

the artists and albu

ms he

designs for. Given th

e time

and dedication that h

e puts

into his art, I can

really

appreciate someone w

ho can

combine two ends of t

he art

spectrum (music and de

sign)

so beautifully and see

mingly

flawlessly. Mikou’s style

is unbelievably intricate

and fluid relating d

irectly

to my ideal style of

work.

From the bright atte

ntion-

grabbing colors of his

photography edits to what

I like to call the ‘

alive’

factor in his art,

making

everything appear al

ive and

in motion on a plane i

nstead

of flat and just another

aspect of his backgrou

nds. I

can see his art infl

uencing

artists who interpret

ear to hand, like

myself.

Meaning that, we ha

ve the

ability to interpret the

music and sounds of the

world around us unco

mmonly

as pictures with col

or and

visual emotion. Miko

u’s art

makes me want to embrace

my synethesia and paint

to symphonies of col

or and

light. Through my e

yes he

is inspirational past the

point of pure admiration

and therefore deserv

ing of

this booklet that ca

ptures

his art through the

camera

lens of my art.

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