Album cover art is always a great source of inspiration because there’s such an eclectic mix of styles to feast your eyes on. There’s no rules that determine what an album cover should look like, it just needs to be attention grabbing, possibly relate to the genre of the music it represents, and present the name of the artist along with their album title (although some examples don’t seem to make this requirement much of a priority!). This gives the artist or designer complete creative freedom to experiment and innovate, which can sometimes lead to their work becoming iconic as their artwork forms a recognisable identity for the album. In today’s design showcase you’ll find over 50 creative album covers, made using all kinds of disciplines from complex illustrations to clever photography.
The Ash by Ars Thanea
Reality Check Album Cover by Marie Bergeron
Valaire Album Cover by Caravane Studio
Warm Box Album Cover by Marti Serra
Coffee Date by Gediminas Pranckevicius
Marsö x L’errance Album Cover by Marie Bergeron
Ninety9Lives Album Cover by Evgeniy Yudin
Tycho Album Cover by Else Lab
Infinito Album Cover by Hermes Mazali
Ghost Train Album Cover by Bazso Lossonczy
Ruhr Album Cover by Ivan Meshkov
Oil & Water Album Cover by Gediminas Pranckevicius
Cold Comfort Album Cover by Iryna Baranova
Play Album Cover by Anzi
Dry Eye Cover Image by Francesco Beretta
T&C/AVNP&NMTC Album Cover by Tiago Goncalves
Art Vs Science Album Cover by Andrew Fairclough
No Chains On The Moon Album Cover by Mask Movement
Lyudska Podoba Album Cover by Marina Veremeienko
Moda i Oblaka Album Cover by Nadzeya Makeyeva
Robot Noize Album Cover by Marcus Lie Johansen
Daydreams Album Cover by Amr Adel
Architect Album Cover by Alfonsus Abimatha
G-Funk Mixtape Album Cover by Anastasiia Rafaliuck
TogetherFM Album Cover by Mart Biemans
Hibridos LP Cover by Nache Ramos
The Love Cover by Simon Waloszek
Oracular Spectacular Album Cover by Jorge Popolizio
The Valley Album Cover by One Horse Town Illustration Studio
Budapest Selected Album Cover by Tamas Birinyi
Dust Bunny Album Cover by Kate O’Hara
Primitivo Album Cover by Davide Giovanni Steccanella
Moja Rec Offline Album Cover by Petr Kudlacek
Stranger In My Town Album Cover by Francesco Beretta
Lost Themes II Album Cover by Justin Mexxell
Christmas With Nate Album Cover by Justin Mezzell
Little Islands Album Artwork by Nick Stepuk
Hyp-Notic Cover Art by Emir Ayouni
Tomorrow’s Finest Cover Art by Peter Schreve
Tommy Tee Cover Art by Emir Ayouni
The Emergency Broadcast Album Cover by Marie Bergeron
Come, Emmanuel Album Cover by Adam Grason
Ladders, Rocks & Lightening Swords Album Art by Jonathan Ogden
Undress Yourself Cover Art by Emir Ayouni
All Things New Album Art by Jonathan Ogden
Awake EP Artwork by Adam Flynn
Magdelena Album Cover Design by Vincent Sevilla
Rivers & Robots Album Art by Jonathan Ogden
The Script Album Campaign by Gary Kelly
Yes, really interesting mix of styles etc. Particularly like the Tommy Lee’s Tomorrow’s Young by Peter Schreve and the Angus Macrae by Adam Flynn. Ta for blog
Thank you for your comment Blanche!
These creative album cover designs are uncompromising tranquil, and I truly enjoyed themselves. I love these various graphics cover designs. Great source of inspiration.
Great stuff! Glad you found some inspiration!
All of these cover designs are looks gorgeous . Great thanks for shared this post on public .
Glad you like them Barbara!
These are inspiring & amazing, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Faraz!
Very creative and thoughtful. I love to think myself creative and recently taking a graphics design training as well. I hope someday I would also be able to think & design things like these. Thanks for sharing.
This is an amazing blog for all graphic and web designers. Lots of inspiring ideas, tips I found from here on my first visit only. Loved this blog and going to visit this from now onward.
Thank you very much for your comments! Appreciate it!
Awesome and very inspiring, thanks!
Thank you Terry!
Just what I need for my current project, great reference and inspiration- thanks Chris!
Great timing then :) Glad I could help!
Ghost Train cover design looks gorgeous.
It’s a cool idea having the skeletons riding the ghost train.
Great Collection of relevant Graphic Designs all in ONE Place!!
Thank you for doing the Foot Work!
How did you come to select these particular Cover Designs?
I am sure you must have found more than are displayed here… do you plan to display other Cover Designs soon?
I am NEW to your Blog and am very impressed so far!!
Congratulations to you and your efforts!
My Favourite: G-Funk Mixtape Album Cover by Anastasiia Rafaliuck
No offense, but these all stink.
Great Design is in the Eye of the Beholder….
Jeffrey’s Eye(s) just see Great Design differently than Mr. Spooner! AND… one Decent out of 12 shows that Mr. Spooner has a good grip on Great Design!