The design that I am choosing for this blog is a CD covers from my favorite band MUSE. The band themselves design the cover and inside art of every CD they put out, even EPS and singles. The CD cover I am choosing is from Muse’s album Absolution. The cover’s design reflects the mood of the album itself, showing a human man looking up into the sky with the shadows of flying species above him (in the shape of human men). The cover’s design is intricately done in a very simple way. The man standing on the ground holds a gas mask as he looks up at the scene of flying species above him, as if to predetermine his fate or the worlds fate as being jeopardized. The Design itself has a very simple texture and color to it. All hue’s are blue and tan and instead of focusing on color the eye tends to focus more on the man and his facial concerns with the objective view above him. There indeed is a beautiful value to this CD cover because it makes the viewer seem vulnerable in it’s own world. It is beautiful in the sense that as a viewer, to try and distinguish what the man holding the gas mask is feeling, and with the shadows of the flying beings above him. For me it is beautiful because it is in a way disturbing to see the shadows of the figures above. For the design to work as well as I think it has it is also good that the rule of thirds comes into play with the placement of where the man is standing. It is easy on the eyes.
I thought it was really cool to learn that the band designs their own album covers and art. A lot of times, I think, the artists don't really have control of how things are marketed and it's nice to see artists who seem to have creative control in everything that they do. I would even say that it seems possible that this man is being left behind to deal with some problem (the gas mask) while the people around him are leaving. It's a very interesting and thought provoking cover.
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