Calling All Design Experts

[JSngry]

Why does this album cover:

Put me in mind of this one:

Is it the similarity in color scheme, is ther something more subliminal at work, or is it just me?

Looking for some real insight here into the finer points of design/etc. if there's any to be had., seriously.

As always, thanks in advance!

[Chas]

Tight headshots of serious visages (signified by closed mouths) , with overhead lighting giving a chiaroscuro effect .

[WD45]

I say that the Shorter has an added level of profundity / relevance due to the album's title.

[AndrewHill]

It may be helpful to see the entire photograph. I know what the entire Shorter photo looks like. Do we have the entire photo of the other dude? For all we know, he could've been getting ready to blow candles out on his birthday cake.

Edit to say that of course Wayne was not originally blue, but it was the best I could do.

Edited November 3, 2007 by Holy Ghost

[AndrewHill]

One of my favorite Shorter albums by the way

[marcello]

Why does this album cover:

Put me in mind of this one:

Is it the similarity in color scheme, is ther something more subliminal at work, or is it just me?

Looking for some real insight here into the finer points of design/etc. if there's any to be had., seriously.

As always, thanks in advance!

In portraiture, they both have almost 3/4 lighting.

Above left lighting that cast a 1/4 shadow on the top right, between the eyes and the nose.

Classic lighting that you learn very early in art class.

Other wise, both men look al ittle simular and might be the same age.

By the way, who is the bass player who copied this jaco portrait for his record recently?

He's a west coast guy.

[Free For All]

[BFrank]

[kenny weir]

From my lifelong newspapering gig, I look at it from the perspective of the typefaces - alternating white and brown/orange. Although one is serif and one sans serif.

[Tom Storer]

I've never been very visual, so when I saw Jim's question I thought, "Because they look similar"--two faces, close up so the eyes, nose and mouth fill most of the picture, kind of moody looking. Then the visual descriptions from various people refined the answer with details on just how they look similar.

But the typeface! Yes! I hadn't even noticed that the font colors are the same. I'm sure that's the clincher.

[sidewinder]

It may be helpful to see the entire photograph. I know what the entire Shorter photo looks like.

Taken by Wolff at the Lee Morgan 'Search For The New Land' session. I've got that one on my wall.

[JSngry]

Hey y'all, thanks for the detailed details. Exacty what I was hoping to get!

[couw]

very important detail: both guys have their eyes averted from the camera. also the overall tone is soft without harsh contrast between larger dark and bright areas.

[rockefeller center]

Why does this album cover

put me in mind of:

[couw]

[Steve Gray]

[mjzee]

Why does this album cover:

Put me in mind of this one:

Is it the similarity in color scheme, is ther something more subliminal at work, or is it just me?

Looking for some real insight here into the finer points of design/etc. if there's any to be had., seriously.

As always, thanks in advance!

Another aspect is the name of the new album: Mondo Grosso. Besides the cover being reminiscent of a Wayne Shorter album, the title is reminiscent of another: