Album Cover Game

somitomi · Post by **somitomi** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:15 pm

I'm gonna revive another one, because I think I managed to reconstruct the rules of the variant I so fondly remember. The goal here is to create a convincing album cover from random elements. What makes this fun is how simple it can be, album covers are a truly free form of expression with the only limitation being the traditional square shape.

Go to Wikipedia and click the “random article” link. The title of the article is the name of your band.

Go to "wikiquote" and click the “random page” link. A snippet from the very last quote on the page is the title of your album. You have some creative freedom here to make it fit together.

Click on this secret "Explore last 7 days" link, because you can't find it on the flickr home page. Third picture on the page is the basis for your album cover.

Use an image manipulation method of your choice to put it all together and post the result along with the source material in this thread.

I'll start us off

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: Dziechtarzew.jpg (80.27 KiB) Viewed 594 times

(band, title, cover, additional photo)

ratammer · Post by **ratammer** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:11 pm

Band: McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
Album: Purposefully Destroyed
Cover image
Result:

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somitomi · Post by **somitomi** » Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:15 pm

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ratammer · Post by **ratammer** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 9:19 pm

Band: Reinforced Concrete Column
Album: Innocent Suffer
Cover image
Result:

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somitomi · Post by **somitomi** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:21 pm

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somitomi · Post by **somitomi** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:23 pm

This one was done really quickly, because the photo itself feels like an album cover photo on its own.

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moody7277 · Post by **moody7277** » Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:22 am

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ratammer · Post by **ratammer** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:35 pm

There have been some really good ones here - I feel like I can't compete.

Band: Kildin Strait
Album: You're Welcome
Cover image
Result:

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somitomi · Post by **somitomi** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:18 pm

I don't think this is a competition and I like your contributions anyway.

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: This one wound up being quite similar to one I made for the old forum; Paratectonatica.jpg (168.92 KiB) Viewed 489 times

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somitomi · Post by **somitomi** » Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:43 pm

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: I actually had an idea of what I want to try, but then the image took it in a different direction; hash-house-bikers.jpg (111.24 KiB) Viewed 481 times