I still wasn't too sure, so thought I'd go onto illustrator and do some basic shapes so I could play around with them. I also took a photo of my hand to use as the basic shape outline like in my previous album cover design.
I thought having lots of different jigsaw pieces would become too confusing, so thought just the one would do but then it wouldn't have the shape of the love heart I wanted. Then realised the puzzle piece could just be in the shape of a heart, tada! But this isn't really enough to be an interesting composition, so I went back to look at the lyrics again.
You came around to say that you’ve been away, like I hadn’t known
As if I don’t wake up every single day not seeing you go
As if this moon of ours only shines a half to make me feel whole
As if I haven’t felt your breath in every step I take when the wind blows
FEELING WHOLE! Like there's a part of him missing that he needs to fill up
The finished result - Quite a simple design for this album cover, but I don't think it needed many frills, I don't think it would suit the song. Again I went for a limited colour choice, to me it was quite a mellow song, so crazy colours didn't seem appropriate. I am quite pleased with the concept behind this artwork, because I usually struggle quite a lot with putting my work into context and focus a lot more on what the actual final outcome looks like. I don't actually think there's much I would change if I had to redo the album cover, as I think it links well to the song without being too obvious.
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