2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art: Collage
Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork.
THE BREAKDOWN
12 Collage
+ 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design
+ 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing
+ 8 Black And White Photography
+ 22 Color Photography
+ 6 Deluxe Packaging
+ 10 Fashion, Sculpture, Installation
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91 Album Covers For 2011


Using a purely spontaneous creative process that begins with nothing more than a general interest, Elena Johnston created an album cover for Adventure that musically and thematically captures the band's dynamic spirit.
QUOTES FROM:
ELENA JOHNSTON, DESIGNER
THEMES & CONCEPTS
"I had been working with the idea of framing compelling found images with other found images to play with texture and spacial relations. I was also really into water imagery and space imagery at the time, so I played with how these two ideas visually and conceptually play with each other."
THE EXTRAS
"I hand-drew the typography, and it was eventually printed in glossy ink onto the matte finish of the image, so it stands out more."
Record Label
Carpark Records
The Artists
Design - Elena Johnston
Booklet Design - Benny Boeldt
Mediums & Materials
Collage, Digital
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