Ziggy Played Guitar

My final, redesigned sleeve.

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My main aim in re-designing the sleeve was to strip back the bright and busy colours the sleeve originally had, and represent the extravagant 'Ziggy Stardust' in another way. The box idea was taken from the cardboard boxes on which David Bowie rests his foot in the original sleeve photo.

I looked in to the geometric pattern on the jumpsuit worn by David Bowie in the photo, as I thought could be an interesting thing to work with. Here is the jumpsuit again:

This same pattern was also used on his book - 'Moonage Daydream'.

I decided to create my own geometric pattern, similar to the fabric, but consisting of various things relating to Bowie. This includes the permanently mis-matched pupils sizes in his eyes, the famous lightning bolt, parts of the guitar he played, and platform boots. 

I also added emphasis to the words 'TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME' which feature in very small type at the bottom of the original sleeve's back cover.