BA Digital Illustration by Rebekah Zacharova showing a sci-fi style representation of human and soul coming apart in blue and purple colour.

In this project, The Soul’s Messenger, I explored the questions of what the soul is, the message it has for us and who or what delivers it. The outcome was to create an album repackage for the repertoire titled ‘The Soul’s Messenger’ by the contemporary composer Meredith Monk. With research into related theories about souls and the creative practice and philosophy of the composer, I was able to create illustrations that are engaging for both new and existing audiences.

2 digital Illustrations by BA Illustration graduate Rebekah Zacharova. The first piece showing the human and the soul as they exist within their environment (macrocosm) and the second piece showing its reflection in the inner experience of a person (microcosm), coloured in blue and purple tones.

Being a concept-driven creative, I absolutely thrived on the challenge of integrating anecdotes from Monk’s career into the larger design of the album and further pushed myself in how I source imagery for collage so that it can enrich the final outcome with its own history.

BA Digital Illustrations by Rebekah Zacharova for the songs Panda Chant 1, Memory Song, and masks. Shows a choir of pandas, a key in a memory globe and a decorative mask in lilac colour.
BA Digital Prototype by Rebekah Zacharova showing the prior illustrations applied to a music album, front and back.
BA Digital Prototype by Rebekah Zacharova where the prior illustrations are applied to a music album. Shows inside the album with a CD.