Something for the Weekend - Part 250 - A picture for the album!

I love Sublime. Bradley Nowel. Gone way too early! I drew everything in Adobe Fresco.  Then I added the Sublime text created in Adobe Firefly in Photoshop. 

Inspired by Keiran Morley's Album Cover

1st Take 

Jellyfish takes

Apparently, like many of my fellow contributors, I am a big fan of English Progressive Rock (from the 70's & 80's). This includes bands such as Pink Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson and, of course, Yes. These groups recorded some of the greatest music in that genre. Perhaps some of the most influential music of all time.

In my opinion, one album that exemplifies the Prog Rock era is a classic from 1972 entitled: Close to the Edge from the band Yes. The original album cover was a fold-out. It had a beautiful fantasy landscape on the inside of the sleeve. The cover design was created by Roger Dean who I found to be a great source of inspiration. However, while I love this album and the artwork, I always thought that this cover was a little sloppy from a design standpoint. That is no criticism on Roger Dean; he's an exceptional artist and designer. Many albums from that era have incredible artwork but have graphic design that feel rushed and poorly executed. There were likely various reaons for this, not the least of which were short deadlines, small fees, and technical constraints. No Photoshop back then! They had to do everything in traditional media, e.g. pen and ink, sable brushes, airbrush, etc. But I digress...  I've taken on the task of creating a cleaner and slightly more coherent version of Close to the Edge. I've attempted to do this without straying too far from Yes and Roger Dean's original vision. The album cover design was changed several times as it transitioned from album to cassette tape to CD. I had an LP of this at one time. I think this is what it looked like...

Here are my designs...
Outside cover:

Inside cover:

Thanks for looking! How'd I do?  

 My very favorite album ever.

Hi,
The next SFTW challenge is now up and running here : https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-251-lemons-and-limes/td-p/15541492
Dave

Abbey Road by The Beatles

Cover Concept: For my design, I wanted to capture the iconic crosswalk scene but with a modern twist. I created a minimalist interpretation using geometric shapes and pastel colors to represent each band member. I experimented with layering textures in Photoshop and added subtle gradients to give the image depth while keeping it clean and visually striking.

Tools & Approach: Photoshop for layering and color correction, Illustrator for the geometric shapes, and Adobe Camera Raw to adjust the final tone. I focused on maintaining the album’s recognizable feel while adding a contemporary design style.

If Nick Mason had been Northern 😉

A delayed follow up on Guinness songs as mentioned by Jane (@jane-e) :

I have just come across this 2002 draft digital album for video streaming with low bandwidth requirement, featuring a visual for each track with the working title "What the singer saw".

Unfortunately it proved too far ahead of its time, so it only contains a draft visual for 10. Drink It Up Men:

Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still

And here is the current track, which can be opened in another Tab, so you can both see and hear at the same time,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4v_d_vxX8Q&list=RDt4v_d_vxX8Q&start_radio=1

Thanks Billy, and Firefly, and of course Photoshop.