"It’s kind of fun to have this open-ended series… It’s really just the psychological triggers that you do with yourself. No one is actually imposing restrictions or boundaries on you, but at times, you feel like you have a place, a repository to fit these other ideas, that doesn’t lose...
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 LabelCarpark RecordsThe ArtistsDesign - Elena JohnstonBooklet Design - Benny Boeldt
Mediums & Materials
Collage, Digital
This in-depth feature highlights how well-executed album artwork can go beyond genre lines to expand into territories of philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance. Perhaps now more than ever, album cover artwork plays a vital role in music....
