 She designed many of the band's covers and sleeves, or posed for artistic photographs taken by photographer Birrer and used for Ludus sleeves and the "SheShe" booklet that accompanied Ludus' 1981 cassette "Pickpocket".Ludus produced material ranging from experimental avantgarde jazz to melodic pop and cocktail jazz, characterised by Sterling's voice and unorthodox vocal techniques (which occasionally included screaming, crying, hysterical laughter and other unusual sounds), as well as her uncompromising lyrics, centred on themes of gender roles, love and sexuality, female desire, and cultural alienation.Although critically acclaimed, they never achieved any significant commercial success.