Classical Piano/New Age Album Designs, client work again :] Options

[digitalfragrance]

Okay, I did some album artwork for Mark Nicholson, and you can find more info about him [here]. He is expanding his career into new age piano compositions, and he was looking for some album art.

The designs are pretty simple and not graphic intensive, but they were all made to his specifications and ideas. In general, New Age piano is very minimalistic. There's a couple of things I would have liked to change, like a couple of the blended piano keys on the designs, but eh... gotta make the customer happy!

Free and Clear
I'm immensely proud of my piano in the water... took forever to photo-manip that to make it look natural because the stock photo of the grand was so stark and different. Still couldn't manage to get the legs to look totally immersed, but close enough!

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Touch of Spirit
Of the two, I don't really like this one that much, but I think the back is good.

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[manny-the-dino]

For your first cover, I think the main problem is the reflection and how it's positioned. It just looks too flat and too angled, for lack of better words. And the piano itself looks odd because it seems like it's just standing there. For your second cover I think it'd be better if you made the keys fade into the mountains as opposed to making them fade to the sky. And your last CD has choppy edges. But with that said, you know your skills are amazing Rachel so keep it up.