Zakee art directed, illustrated and co-designed the album campaign for Polydor/Verve artist Leona Naess, in collaboration with her husband Al Newman. The first single from the campaign, “Heavy Like Sunday”, was released on seven-inch single in June 2008 (limited to 500 copies), featuring Zakee’s hand-drawn dot logo on the sleeve and watercolour drawings on the label. Leona’s album, Thirteens, came out in the USA in September 2008, followed by a UK version in May 2009, with the single “Leave Your Boyfriends Behind” released as a beautiful hand-illustrated picture disc.
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Zakee Shariff & Al Newman, Leona Naess Hand Drawn Identity, Polydor Records, 2009
Leona Naess Thirteens CD booklet illustration, 2008
Leona Naess “Heavy Like Sunday” CD single, Polydor Records, 2008
Leona Naess “Heavy Like Sunday” seven-inch single, Polydor Records, 2008
Illustration over photograph for Leona Naess’ “Thirteens” album campaign, 2008
Zakee Shariff & Al Newman, Leona Naess Thirteens UK album cover, Polydor Records, 2009
