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Some people think having text on an album cover is tacky.
But I think it really comes down to how the typography is incorporated.
There's a difference between simply placing text on an image and making it an integral part of the artwork.
So I decided to explore this idea by designing a fictional album cover of my own.
For this concept, I used playful colors, handwritten text and hand-drawn elements to capture the album's imaginative and whimsical personality.
Rather than treating the title as a separate element, I wanted it to feel like a natural part of the overall design.
What do you think?
Treating the handwritten title as part of the artwork rather than a label on top is the right call. Email designers fight the same battle with hero images: text baked into the picture looks great until an inbox blocks images. Which came first for you, the lettering or the collage?
Web screen stand out
We kept zooming in on a planet until it didn't fit on the phone.
A ringed gas giant grows until it fills the whole screen and lands on a deep boom. It's drawn in text characters, one per cell, against black space.
It's 11 seconds, and the sound is ours too.
What should we fly past next?
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