Homesick
A Day To Remember
A Day To Remember is a Florida based pop punk band. Homesick, released in 2009, is the third studio album by A Day To Remember. While I was doing research for this band, the original cover I believe didn't have type on the cover. But, just in case, I'm going to write about the cover that includes the type and the one without.
The covers artwork is by Dan Mumford, an illustrator based out of London.The first thing that the would catch the viewers attention is the style of art that is used. It uses thick, black contour lines with saturated cool colors and occasional gradient. The cover without the type has an obvious emphasis where the figure is looking at the light at the end of the tunnel; the light at the end of the tunnel could also be the emphasis because it is the lightest color on the image. Whenever you look closely at the image, you can see hidden monsters like werewolves and giant spiders. Even though it is a horrific thought to be in those woods, it is a beautiful piece of artwork. It is also represents what kind of music the band plays.
The bands name on the top image is a blocky, all cap, sans serif with a gradient on the edge; possible to match the image better. It also has cracks and burn marks throughout the letters.The vines from the image also interacts with the type. It is broad and because of it it almost touches the edges of the frame; it is also way too close to the top of the framing. Homesick is centered directly below the bands name. I feel like since it is completely white, compared with the gradient, it sticks out. It almost competes with the band name, because I don't know which one to look at first. I don't know how they would have fixed the problem. Probably the designer could have moved it to the bottom next to the person because the viewers eyes are going to move around the image anyways. Also, because of the such enlarged type, we lose detail of the image. Like the werewolves are cut off and the spiders almost hidden. To me, the designer could have done a much better job.
Dan Mumford Portfolio:
http://www.dan-mumford.com/
The bands name on the top image is a blocky, all cap, sans serif with a gradient on the edge; possible to match the image better. It also has cracks and burn marks throughout the letters.The vines from the image also interacts with the type. It is broad and because of it it almost touches the edges of the frame; it is also way too close to the top of the framing. Homesick is centered directly below the bands name. I feel like since it is completely white, compared with the gradient, it sticks out. It almost competes with the band name, because I don't know which one to look at first. I don't know how they would have fixed the problem. Probably the designer could have moved it to the bottom next to the person because the viewers eyes are going to move around the image anyways. Also, because of the such enlarged type, we lose detail of the image. Like the werewolves are cut off and the spiders almost hidden. To me, the designer could have done a much better job.
Dan Mumford Portfolio:
http://www.dan-mumford.com/
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