#005 Fantasy Album Art

Did you hear? Coldplay is releasing their next album: And We Lived... 

Or not.

Okay, sorry to get you all excited, but I came up with an interesting idea as a challenge for myself in my precious little free time. 

Since I'm learning Adobe Illustrator right now, I thought about using vector art to design an album cover for a band. I like Coldplay quite a bit, so I thought it would be fun to design their next release, especially since their 2005 release X&Y featured a vector-like cover.

So, I came up with a dumb album name, and some sappy song titles and created a front & back for it:

I had the concept of a setting sun in my head, and just played around a little with an interesting horizon line, some cool fill colors, and a bunch of circles. In the end you get a really nice clean graphic look.

Looks like a chart-topper to me. Not to mention it's got a bonus remix of Lovers in Japan on it. Can't beat that. Okay Chris Martin, if you need art for the next record, call me up!