CD Cover Meme -Varick’s Response
Posted by: Varick Rosete on Wednesday March 5, 2008
So a few weeks ago, Travis shot this cool CD Cover Meme idea to me, which he had seen from Joshua Blankenship. Couldn’t pass this up. I mean, come on…designing a CD cover? Equals awesome!
Here are the deets again on the “rules.”
- quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
- flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
My Cover
The Concept
The band name I got stuck with was Powerlock, and their new album was entitled, “Saying You Sing It.” With a name like “Powerlock,” I first conjured up ideas of a thrash band. \m/ But as I was dealt my other elements, I literally changed tunes to make Powerlock the name of an electronic/instrumental band, along the lines of an RJD2 type.
The Scenario
The original pic is a beautiful shot from Malaysia, I believe. It’s pretty amazing. You can see the details here from the photographer Chee Seong’s flickr. To fit into the square format, I had to crop part of the image. It was pretty tough choosing between more sky or more fauna. I opted for more sky which I think works better for a more atmospheric feel.
The Look
I started with a videogame-type font for the name and gridded it out into separate pixels to achieve that quick hit of being electronic. On the other hand, I wanted something serene and flowing that was identified more with the background and its beauty, so I went with Snell Roundhand, which is a simple script – still legible and not overly swishy.
The overall essence of the band is complete with the two typefaces centered up together on the background which creates a simple interpretation of digital music creating beautiful expressions.
Filed under: Design, Interweb
Tim
03.05.08 at 7:48pm
Awesome lookin’! I got stuck with Pasay City – Or In The Long Run
Varick Rosete
03.05.08 at 8:26pm
Hey Tim! Where’s yours at?
Tim
03.09.08 at 3:11pm
Hey Varick, I’m not much of a graphic designer but this is mine: http://www.csskarma.com/images/cd_pasaycity.jpg
Jim
03.28.08 at 11:40am
Great concept! These look very cool. I forgot to grab the attribution before leaving Flikr. Went back and got lucky that the randomizer brought the pic back up! I know this is just educational, but it’s only fair to include the other author. Man, there are some really good photos out there! This was created using http://www.flickr.com/photos/austie1/2364310799/
and the combo name was bizarre. Band: The man and Scythe. CD: Urge to conquer Poland (end of a Woody Allen quote). Wild stuff.