New cover, new visual taste test. As a visual director, the hardest choice is choosing between your own creations. Two covers. Two directions. One choice.

Which one gets your vote?

the blue background makes the orange shapes pop

Generated these looks in Midjourney — but the layout is what really pulls it together.

Grid, crosshairs, typography, detail callouts: same images, but the presentation makes them read like an actual editorial spread instead of just pretty pictures.

The grid, crosshairs, and detail callouts do more than decorate the Midjourney output—they turn it into an editorial system. Great example of how art direction can make a set feel like a coherent campaign.