Kanye West

Here is the front cover of kanye Wests single Flashing Lights. When looking at the cover we can see that there is a cover image of a women topless this is displayed through the use of an effect where by her body outline is show as a flashing light. The cover model also has a futuristic look to her which reflects upon the atmosphere the artist is trying to display. As kanye West demonstrates to his target audience that he and his music is the thing of the future. The use of the topless women also illustrates the explicit nature of Kanye Wests music as shown through the label in the left hand corner. The explicit cover and lyrics of the artists music reflects that of his target as they are 18 and over. This shows how he is able to use these aspects as his target audience is older where as if he was appealing to a younger audience then he most likely would be frowned upon by most parents and would have little support behind his music.
The background of the cover is plain black this shows that more emphasise is to be placed on the music an content rather than making the cover look pretty. The plain background also draws attention to what little has been placed on the cover as the text and imagery is both bright and bold thus standing out. Also on the background of the picture you can see a few flashing lights that reflect upon the title of the again another reference is used to keep a collective image of what is being stated.
The typography on the cover illustrated a light effect this again makes it consistent through out the front cover, as this same effect has been used to compose the cover image of the topless women. The text is also all interlinked together which shows how the artist whats to make references to key thing in life which he uses in his lyrics. The colour again is bright and florescent which makes it stand out as though you are in a rave with all these flashing neon colours.
When looking at the album as a whole we can see that there are few layers that have been used as the main focus on the artist's music and lyrics. The layout of the cover also demonstrates this as the tittle has been placed along the top of the cover in a very large size as this is the name of the song and therefore must be easily recognised. The cover image has been placed towards the left hand side as though the model has here back to what is blinding her this is a reflection of society as we tend to hide from what is expected of out selves or of someone who stands out.

Here i have uploaded the back cover of one of Kanye Wests albums from this we can see a similar themed cover as the same futuristic theme is portrayed again this shows his consistency to illistrate how his music will go on.
Elements which demonstrate this include the use of cartoon imagery this creates a sences of electisicim. As though you are flying into the future and embrasising life.
The use of the earth as a cannon ball shows that we have many bumps in life but we must suceed through them all.
the layout agin is very different as all the text is to the left hand side and the rest of the cover is on the the other two thirds of the cover.