Planning the Artwork

After viewing the 5 album artworks for indie/alternative artists, I had decided that a simple yet effective image would be useful and conventional for our album. Here is my first plan of the cover, which probably won't stay that way, and also accompanied with a few (cheesy) cover artist names/titles.

NOTE: This post was started before I used the selected photos as seen in the very recent posts for the album art.

I'm going so far going with the name 'The Project,' which after checking, I haven't found any other band with that title who are signed on to a label. I intend the image of the tree to be also on the back cover, where it's more close up, but still zoomed out enough to establish a background. On the back cover the tree would be shown by itself, with instruments from the band hoisted up between the branches to present an odd image, which could possibly border on surreal because it's not exactly an image that we'd entirely expect. However, before trying this, I would need to check if there isn't any similar images already done and copyrighted. 

I decided to also include another tree image, but from a low angle to make the drumstick-holder's arms and the tree look much bigger; an intention that would benefit the connection with 'Human.'

This is a birds-eye view that I intend to use as the disc-holder artwork. However, trying to pull off a birds-eye shot would be very difficult and time consuming, so if I can't obtain an image of this, then I will either take a photo of it from a high angle or stand on the roundabout itself and take a close-up birds-eye shot of it.

Originally scenes in the storyboard that weren't filmed, these two images (above and below) are intended to be used as part of the artwork. I want these to be included because they 'complete' the video, as well as apply the sense of eccentricity as some of the albums from my analysis of covers did. They both symbolise the transitions of both characters from 'human' to 'dancer,' breaking from the typical features of being human and taking their own paths.

Like 'My Head is an Animal' by Of Monsters and Men, this album art is similar to the front cover, yet without the band and the instruments instead being placed in the tree, which was an improvised scene at the end of the 'Human' music video. The oddness of it is what drove me to include this image as the back cover. The track list would run either side of the tree, as though to replace the band who were stood in those previous positions. The barcode adds authenticity, as does the company name (which I haven't thought of what to name yet), giving the album a genuine look. The bareness of the background is also occasionally used on indie albums, like 'English Rain! By Gabrielle Aplin, or 'We Started Nothing'by The Ting Tings.'