God yes, imo the best covers are the ones that make you go “what is this I need to hear what this is.”
I have somehow taste in minimalistic artworks I guess
And here are some album art from myself, for myself or for some friends.
All of the Hipgnosis stuff deserves to be in this thread imo
Here’s one of mine I did for a limited art/vinyl release that my label has yet to put out:
Here are some tiny paintings I’ve done for another upcoming limited release, this one is a CD release with each disc packaged in a hand made box containing an original 5” x 5” painting:
Woah those are prog as fuck! Can I hire you next time I make a prog album?
The last one reminds me of the cover of Ocean by Eloy, one of my favourite prog bands:
No kidding. There are a few people here I would hire for artwork. Great stuff.
Yes, yes you can. Funny enough, when I was a kid I took a Yes album cover into a local art store and asked “how’d they do this?” I was told ‘airbrush’ (which wasn’t actually accurate!) and began saving allowances until I could afford one. that was 40 years ago and I’ve been painting since, with all manner of media.
That Eloy cover is fantastic. I love prog.
(As an aside, the drummer on the as-yet-unreleased CD for which those little paintings were made is a masterful prog drummer that has played with the likes of Percy Jones, Pat Mastelotto, and Tony Levin, to name a few)
WOW all of these are gorgeous!
We’ve got some damn good artists/designers on this forum!
These are fantastic!