The album cover features a simplistic design with light grey as the main color. In the center is a deflated red heart that stands out against the grey background and is the focal point. The artist's name is in a larger, contrasting font compared to the smaller title at the opposite end. On the back, the artist and song names are the same size and color. Inside panels continue the simple theme, with the artist in a plain suit contrasting typical rapper outfits and a broken heart badge with colors representing his music and passion.
1. The album cover is very
The artists name is the print that
simplistic from the choice of
stands out the most on the Front Cover colors such as light grey
cover compared to the color and
which is the main color used
the size of the writing below, so
to make the heart in the
that people know whose album
middle stand out without
it is. The cover and font also
creating a overwhelming or
boasts that the artists name
dominant feeling that a color
does not have to be in a large
like black or white would
font that due to the recognition
create grey gives the cover a
of the album.
neutral feel
In the centre of the album
cover is a deflated heart
The color of artists name
which is located centrally
and the title of the
so that the heart is the
album are placed at
centre of the attention
opposite ends of the
because it is the first
album cover and are also
thing that you look at due
in opposite colours.
to the color bright red
Which clearly insinuates
against the background
that they are opposites.
light grey and its location
(central). The red may
represent passion that
the artist has
This is the title of the album it is not conventional of this genre as
it tone down and not plastered across the front of the album
cover it is small simple and it doesn’t draw attention to it and no
attention is taken away from any the centre piece (the heart).
2. Back Cover
The name of the
artist that feature
on the albums
are the same size
and colour as the
name of the
songs.
The theme of simplicity continues on to the back cover with the continuation of the colour
grey an the minimal content on the covers e.g. picture, text etc
3. Inside panels
The songs are
written on a
different colour this
shows that each
colour represents a
song
On the inside panels the theme continues further. This is shown through the artists
costume is simple, there are no colours on the suit that are bold and the outfit is
smart which is a contrast from the stereotypical street clothing that rap artist are
seen wearing. This shows that Kanye west (the artist) is not your usual artist. He is
wearing a heart shaped broach/badge this may represent his heart there is a
spectrum of colours spilling/ shooting from the heart on to the rest of the panels the
heart is also broken this may goes with the name of the album (808 and
Heartbreaks) the colours from the heart may represent the music that he makes and
the passion that he has.