My research into how I am going to create my artist and album cover art.

1. Ideas for my album

2. Look of the artist or band

3. My artist
Unlike the other two artists, Florence
and the machine are a band, but are
fronted by a female singer. Their genre
is typically known to be indie rock. Their
style is said to be dark and romantic,
and focus on themes such as love,
death, pain, time etc. This gives the
impression that that their audience may
be girls of around early twenties who
have recently started to go through
some of these issues and feel they can
relate to the music.
Meg Myers is a fairly young and new solo
artist. Her genre is typically categorised as
pop rock/alternative rock. Her style is said
to contain elements of grunge and punk-
rock but somehow mixed with pop. Her
music seems slightly darker than Florence
and the machine’s but also tackles many of
the same themes. I believe she has the
same type of audience as well, though
Myers might relate more to teenagers than
Florence and the machine.
Avril Lavigne is a solo artist who has
been performing for around 15 years
now. Her music genre tends to be
seen the same as Myer’s as being
pop rock/alternative rock. Her style
has a slight punk element to it with
song themes focusing heavily on
relationships and self-empowerment
with some of her more recent songs
taking on deeper meanings. Of all the
artists I believe she relates the most
to a younger crowd.

4. Album Front covers
For my album I want to take inspiration from these three albums.
In this cover I like how she is
positioned with her arms and how
she isn’t looking out at the audience.
I also like the use of the flowers and
how the bright pink petals contrast
with the dark greens.
I like the simplicity of this cover. I like
how the artist seems far away but
due to the lack of background,
lighting effect, and central
positioning, we are drawn directly to
her.
This cover has my favourite outfit for
the artist. I like how big the dress is
making it seem to flow, and how the
bright white colour makes it stand
out against the background. The
forest look with the background is
also interesting.

5. Album back cover
The back cover of this one is simple black
and white. It features a drawing which
relates to the title of the album. I like the
use of the black background and though I
wouldn’t want either of my covers to
feature just a drawing, I might include
some drawings.
The back cover of this one is the
same setting as the front cover,
however it doesn’t feature the
artist this time. I also like how
some of the writing is faded as it is
near the centre light effect.
The back cover of this one also continues
the same setting and props as the first but
this one has the artist. I like how the artist
featured but in a different position. I also
like the positioning of the text in this one
and how it perfectly fits around the artist.
I believe I’ll take the most inspiration from the last two though I might incorporate the drawing aspect.

6. Photo inspiration

7. Potential front cover art
When I was out looking for somewhere to take photos for
my album, I found this tree in a field I feel would be
perfect to have someone lying down in like in some of the
photos on my mood board.
I then took one of the photos on my mood
board of a girl lying in the woods…
…and roughly
photoshopped
it to give
myself an idea
of how it
would look
and got this.

8. Potential back cover art
For the back cover I will likely either take a
photo of her again in the tree from a different
angle, or possibly have one of part of her face.
Or not include her
and just have the
same/similar
background but
empty.
Or have a type of
border with
drawings of
flowers.

9. Artist name fonts
Of all the fonts my
favourites are these two.
I like how the font curls
and reminds me of floral
patterns/flowers.
I like the scribbles/carving effect of
the font. It makes me think of edgy
and rebellious.
I want my
font to be
curly and a
little creepy,
but not
gothic.

10. Title of artist
Existing artists
Avril Lavigne
Meg Myers
Charlie xcx
P!nk
Lana Del Ray
Rihanna
Lorde
My artist
Ava Lange
Cara Carson
Ana Woods
Mays Matthews
Sierra
Mila May
Anastasia

11. Possible song choice
At the moment I am thinking of doing a song by Meg Myers called “Sorry”.
Some of the lyrics are:
“My heart is wasted”
“These conversations choke us ‘til we’re numb”
“Sorry that I lost our love”
“It never feels enough”
“What do you want from me”
“Until the end of time”
The lyrics are important as I want the title of the
album to relate to the song I’m going to use in my
music video.
I therefore think my title will either be:
“Wasted”
“Numb”
“The end of time”