Angelicat85 needed a new illustration or graphics design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 113 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
Medium J
As a songwriter, my main focus is recording alternative rock, heavily influenced by electronic music.
CONCEPT
I want to design a minimalist album cover that projects what the music "feels" like instead of who makes the music.
The name of the Album is "The Ruby Maze" and the closest example would be Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. However, because there are a lot of similarities between both album covers (and concept), it's also important to try as hard not establish clear differences between the two.
DESIGN
The way that I envision it, is a white background and red inverted ruby triangle in the center with a very subtle maze inside.
I would prefer the maze to be very complex but to have a solution, but I am also open to the idea of not having a solution. As far as how the maze fits inside the ruby I am open to whatever fits best and looks good and subtle.
COLOR
The color of the ruby is obviously very important, known as pigeon-blood red.
REFERENCES
Aside from Pink Floyd, I really like NIN album covers and graphic design in general.
In the image I have submitted a draw a white line, which could be an idea of how the maze could look (empty white spaces). OR you can try drawing a black maze inside the ruby as if it was part of it could work better.
WHAT TO AVOID
No words are needed - just the image.