CD Cover Analysis 3

This is a CD cover from one of my favorite artists, Jack Johnson. His music genre is represented through a use of colour mixed with text and images. The colours are warm and soft and the text used is used to blend in instead of standing out sharply. The image on the main CD front cover appears to be a silhouette of either Jack Johnson or someone relevant to him, is constructing something. At first glances it looks like a wave which represents Jack Johnson in one of the most simplest from possible.

Jack Johnson's childhood and history play a key role in his fans and the music he makes. Jack Johnson was brought up in Hawaii which and became a professional surfer at the age of 17. Water has alsways been a part of his life and he has always been around it. This is sustained through other albums and imagery that contain water. The way this is shown is this particular album case is by the use of the main most prominent image. It seems it is a wave that has been consturcted by pannels of wood. The idea of this been a wave is supported by the light blue in the background which conotates the sea and water.

The size, colour and font of the lettering has ben chosen for a specific reason. The font size is not too big so it does not dimonate the CD front cover but still attracts attention to it. It is simple yet effective because of the simplicity of the image and text fonts and size used together. Two strong contrasting colours are used together to make it stand out so effectivly. The name 'Jack Johnson' and the title 'To the Sea' are black and white which make it stand out on the strong contrasting background. The name of the album is possibly yet another connotation of water. Any fan of his will be able to spot this because they will know of his obvious career in water sports.

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how the theme is followed on to the back