Woodland

By The Paper Kites

     Woodland was the first EP of the indie band The Paper Kites, released in 2011. With singles like "Featherstone" and "Bloom", the band became popular and soon played at small clubs around Australia.

     The cover for Woodland is a very nice digital collage of a serene place somewhere in the woods. The green plants around the white text is a nice frame for it; it sort of lead the viewer straight to the text. Even though the text is centered and white against a dark background for the emphasis, it is also asymmetrical. The sans serif font seems to be hand written on the cover and it seems to fit in with the other elements of the composition. The only problem that I do have with it is that the I in kites blends in with the thin tree trunk and the E gets sort of lost because of the orange color.   

     The rule of thirds is easily detectable on this cover. As previously stated the title and the bands name is the emphasis of the cover, even though it is the middle ground. The front ground has a nice texture from the details of the flowers, leaves, and bushes both at the top and the bottom of the cover. After I read the text, my eye then goes down to the plant life because of all of the complimentary colors. Even though the plant life is asymmetrical at the bottom of the page, it is also mirroring each other. The reason I say that it goes from tall, to short in the middle, then goes back to tall. The background are the thin dark brown trees with some pink and green textures behind them. Maybe it's possible that we're outside the woods and we see some mysterious beauty behind the trees, who knows? But the more I look at the artwork, it looks more hand painted instead of digitally collaged. 

     The cover all together is beautifully unified and a piece of art by itself. The cover represents the style of music which the band does, which is relaxing. Even though it has some flaws with the text getting lost in the background, it is still a wonderful cover.