I had an email today promoting the release of Knebworth 1996, a double CD of Oasis's era-defining live show of 25 years ago. I'm not bothered about it, and I won't be buying it, but have a look at the sleeve art:
It's proper crap, isn't it?
By all means tell me if I'm wrong but it looks like something a home-taper would knock up for their recording of the gig off the radio, and run off on their 90s inkjet printer. Or maybe, if you're feeling generous, a bootleg. To me, it just screams how little effort was put into this, all concerned being safe in the knowledge that it will sell well enough anyway.
I knocked up an alternative in ten short minutes, and that included searching for the images. But this feels more in keeping, doesn't it? And meets whatever design brief was presumably given stating that the cover must show Liam but not Noel:
I'm not wild about the title in black with a white drop-shadow, but wanted to keep to the monochrome palette of the photograph. And at least I used the proper logo.
Anyone else want to have a go? Doesn't matter how poor your design and/or IT skills are, whatever you come up with will almost certainly be better than the official sleeve art...
Bad choice - even if it is a left hand crop of the original Knebworth poster.
ReplyDeleteYou're right it doesn't take too much Image searching to find a more evocative alternative
Exactly. Give 100 people laptops and an internet connection, task them all with designing this cover and you'd get at least 95 better versions than what they've gone with.
DeleteIt looks like a freebie you might get with The Sun. Yours, however, is class!
ReplyDeleteThank you! And yes, the actual cover does have an air of freebie about it, doesn't it?
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