Let’s set the scene: it’s 2AM, eyeliner smudged, the group chat’s gone silent, and your playlist knows you better than your therapist.
That’s the world Roses and Regrets lives in. I designed this poster as a promotional piece for the fictional heartbreak album by nostalchicks a dreamy, nostalgic girl band who write songs for people who reread old texts and pretend they're fine.
The concept centers around a single rose in full bloom bleeding, not wilting because sometimes love doesn’t die, it just hurts louder.
This Albu, cover wasn’t just about making something pretty it was about creating a feeling. One you’d want to hang on your wall, cry in front of, or maybe gift to your ex (but like, in a cute way).
🧠 The Brainstorm: I started by scribbling down words that made my chest tighten (in a romantic way): | Faded love. Soft ache. Lipstick stains. Unsent texts. Echoes of “what if.”
From there, I built a concept around contrast the soft and the sharp. A rose in bloom, but bleeding. Petals falling, but still gorgeous. Regret that’s heavy, but romanticized. It’s heartbreak wrapped in a velvet ribbon.
🌹 Symbolism Play:
Roses = love, passion, beauty that hurts if you hold it too tightly
Regrets = things left unsaid, timing gone wrong, ache you revisit like a favorite sad song
Petals = memories drifting away, moments you can’t piece back together
Blood = raw emotion, but stylized—think poetic bleeding, not horror-movie gore
For the typography, I wanted it to whisper the same way the design does softly, but with just enough weight to make you pause like you're on the edge of an emotional confession. The fonts had to be a dance between elegance and raw vulnerability, and the contrast of styles was key to giving the design its heartbeat.
Script Font for Intimacy:
The title Roses and Regrets needed to feel like a secret scribbled on the back of a napkin after a late-night conversation personal, intimate, and dripping with unspoken emotions.
I went with a flowing Cassandra Personal Use Regular, because nothing says heartbreak quite like that soft, winding curve of a handwritten note.
It’s got that flowing, handwritten vibe, like something you’d scribble in a notebook late at night. The font feels elegant but a little messy, just like heartbreak beautiful but imperfect.
Professor Leanna Palmer's Feedback:
"Love the bleeding rose concept it's raw and powerful! The choice of Cassandra Personal Use Regular is spot-on for that handwritten, intimate vibe. Just be mindful of the letter spacing; it’s a little tight in places.
Loosening it up a bit will help the title breathe while keeping that emotional punch. Overall, it’s coming together beautifully keep that balance of elegance and vulnerability!
.svg){kind=small}