Further Album Art Research.

After doing research into "hand made" album art, I did further research into album art featuring photographs whilst still complying to the indie genre.

This series of covers for the band 'weezer' are very effective, however they are incredibly simplistic. The majority of these shots simply feature text and a shot of the band, placed on a plain colo

ured background. In my opinion, the simplicity of the design keeps it eye-catching, and it also complies to the indie genre as the simplicity is quite entropic. The image on the bottom left side features a 'hand made' background, which r

elates back to the original research I did with indie album art. However, I find this image less successful than the other three as it is more difficult to see clearly and isn't as eye catching.

This album cover is for another indie artist called 'La Roux'. This album co

ver is also very simplistic, simply featuring a close-up photograph of the artists face and some text. I particularly like the colour scheme featured in this photograph - the photo looks as if it has been edited to give it a 'redder' hue, making the image look very colour coordinated and effective. I also like the use of the lighting and shadow, which together accentuate the artists facial features. This makes it very eye-catching and distinctive, which are two factors which make album art successful.

This album cover is for a band called 'The Libertines', whose music also belongs to the indie genre. The photograph on this features a mise-en-scene which makes it very 'indie'; cigarettes, tattoos, black hair, etc. The reversed out font also looks 'indie' as it is untidy and the kerning between each of the letters is uneven. The text doesn't lie on a steady base line, which continues to give it a quirky 'unpolished' look. I find this cover the most successful out of the three as the features in the image comply to the 'indie' genre, therefore the audience know what kind of music they are buying when they see the album art. The photograph on this image is a medium-close up, which allows the audience to see the artist's faces whilst seeing other factors which create the 'indie' mise en scene. There is also a 'parental advisory' label in the corner of the image, which is necessary with any album art which contains music with explicit content.