Sleeve Research
Tame Implala – Currents (2015)
I really enjoy the way the lines bend around the ball and the way it then becomes wave the more the it touches the ball creating a kind of ripple effect. I would really like to create a similar ripple effect for my sleeve design.
Nine Inch Nails – The downward Spiral (1994)
I really enjoy the rust Stretching over the sleeve wrapping it slowly in wire.I also really enjoy the colours slowly losing their colour in the sleeve and its a really effective the way the colour reflects the same feeling of the album.
David Bowie – Low (1977)
I really enjoy the colour on this album sleeve where they’ve turned the saturation up and made the colour blurry to create a very distorted and grainy image, I would like to have a similar effect on the colours I choose to use.
Joji – Smithereens (2022)
I really like how simple but interesting this sleeve because its unclear if your looking a water or the sky also I think how grainy the image looks makes it more simple but effective.
My EP Sleeve Ideas
First Sleeve Idea
For this idea I tried a red background and but black lines over it,I then used a wave effect on photoshop to make the lines bend in the centre of the sleeve,I do really enjoy the giant line at the top of the sleeve.However I think its a bit boring and could do with more lines bending to create a more exciting cover.
Second Sleeve Idea
For this idea I decided to add more lines to my design and changed the colour to green, I also used the wave effect to in a circular motion to create more spirals.I also changed the colour just to see if it would look better than red.I think the adding more waves added a lot to the sleeve but I think the colour could be better.
For this idea I decided to change the colour to a hot pink because it mixed much better with the black line than green,I also tried using a font in the bottom corner where the title will be.I think I would keep the colour as its the best option with the waves but I would definitely the font used for the title as it is a bit difficult to read and doesn’t look good at all.
