All images © by Paul Nitsche 1991-2025.
One of the things I love about doing design work is it gives me an opportunity to create original patterns. There is a challenge to create something elegant out of such a mathematical execution. All of these patterns begin as hand drawn, and most of them have found their way into projects.
Pygmylush, TOTEM. Strawflower pattern for LP and CS inserts, CD booklet. 2025. Pen and ink, scratch board, watercolor. Released by Persistent Vision Records.
Oneiroid Psychosis, Forever is Forgotten. Digipak inside panel. 2004. Pen and ink. Released by Cop International.
Oneiroid Psychosis, Stillbirth reissue. Digipak inside panel. 2003, from the original 1995 pattern. Pen and ink. Released by Cop International.
Oneiroid Psychosis, DREAMS (with pollutions when virile). Digipak inside panel. 2001. Pen and ink. Released by Cop International.
Oneiroid Psychosis, Garden of Remembrance. Inside booklet. 1999. Pen and ink. Pattern printed in metallic bronze ink. Released by Nilaihah Records.
Small Leaf and Flower Pattern. Circa 1997. Pen and ink.
Hanging Vine Pattern. Circa 1997. Pen and ink.
Dazzling Killmen, Recuerda. CD tray, inside. 1996. Pen and ink. Released by Skin Graft Records.
bert, Quiet Positive Pump. Pattern for CD booklet cover. 1995, 1996. Pen and ink. Released by Chicken Ranch Records.
Big'n, Discipline Through Sound. Pattern for inner CD Booklet. 1996. Pen and ink. Released by Gasoline Boost Records.
Oneiroid Psychosis, Stillbirth. Pattern used throughout design. 1995. Pen and ink. Released by Decibel Records.
Oneiroid Psychosis, Stillbirth. Original pattern before distressing. 1995. Pen and ink.
Hiding in the Trees. Pattern used on pages one and two. 1994. Pen and ink. Published in David Greenberger's No More Shaves. Published by Fantagraphics Books.
Hiding in the Trees. Pattern used on pages three and four. 1994. Pen and ink. Published in David Greenberger's No More Shaves. Published by Fantagraphics Books.
Hiding in the Trees. Pattern used on page five. 1994. Pen and ink. Published in David Greenberger's No More Shaves. Published by Fantagraphics Books.
Acanthus Leaf Pattern. Journal pastedown endpapers and gift wrap. 1994. Pen and ink. Produced for Mudlark Papers, Chicago, IL.
Leaf and Flower Pattern. Stationary and gift wrap. 1994. Pen and ink. Produced for Mudlark Papers, Chicago, IL.
Leaf and Flower Pattern. Original pattern before distressing. 1994. Pen and ink. Produced for Mudlark Papers, Chicago, IL.
Dazzling Killmen, Face of Collapse. Pattern for CD tray, back. 1994. Pen and ink. Released by Skin Graft Records.
Dazzling Killmen, Face of Collapse. Pattern for inside CD booklet. 1994. Pen and ink. Released by Skin Graft Records.