The Idea
When I was first assigned this project, I had a really hard time picking an album to redesign. One particularly cold and rainy night, though, as I was driving home from work, Blue Thunder by
Galaxie 500 came on the radio. There was an almost etherial melancholy about the music and lyrics that I connected with instantly, and upon seeing the actual art for the album, I knew
what had to be done.
The Process
I went into building this design knowing two things for sure: I wanted the imagery to have a surreal, atmospheric quality, and I wanted to base my colors on stop lights and rainy evenings.
Fortunately cold, rainy nights are frequent in Canandaigua, NY so all I had to do was bundle up and wander around for a few hours taking pictures. The cover photo was completely unplanned, as I stood next to a dryer vent for some warmth and took a picture of the steam engulfing my face. Finally, I applied a gradient map to the images to tie them all together into one cohesive aesthetic.
