Inspiration For Album Covers

Some album covers i have been looking at for inspiration on my CD case cover include:

'Me Against The World' by Tupac.  This inspired me as it has a simple, dark colour scheme which features just the artist on his own, and nothing going on in the background except for what he is leaning against and smokey mist which sets a  gloomy theme.  I would be using both of my artists if i were to emuate this where i would be able to have them both in the shot and still be able to get the same theme.

'The Crack House' by Fat Joe, this inspired me as it again is simple with its simple colour scheme, aswell as having a close up of the artist in the shot which is something we have considered to do for the cover as it allos the audience to get a good look at what the artist looks like and can see the expression on their face and try to figure out what their about.

'Late Registration' by Kanye West.  The main thing about this album which inspired me was the use of the bear standing in the centre of double doors which are half opened, and you can see the shadow of the bear coming out of the shot down the middle.  If i wee to emulate this i would obviously not use a bear, i would be using both of our artists where i would have them standing against one another in the centre of the opened or slightly opened doors as the bear is in this shot.  This would give the impression that they have just entered the scene and are gog to be big.





'Criminal Minded' by KRS-ONE.  The main inspiration of this album was the id shot of both of the artists in a dark room where i would be able to emulate this, but without the guns as i do not want to make my artists seem violent. However for this album cover the use of the handguns goes well with the name of the album as it shows them to be criminals as criminals carry around weapons.  I would be able to use lighting like this as well and maybe have even less to make the scene seem mysterious and position the artists similarly next to each other with serious expressions on their faces for emphasis on the dark theme that is going on.