This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. NME interviewed D*Face, the artist behind Blink-182’s latest album artwork: “But those first ideas that I sent, they said ‘nothing’s really doing it for us.’ [see above and below for the rejected album artworks] There was an illustration, however, that I’d worked on about a year and a half ago that I’d parked up and not got round to finishing. I looked at it and thought how California, to me, is about driving, the birth of the hot-rod and that whole lifestyle – so it made sense if it had a car in it. So that was the first checkpoint for me where I realised it was working. I sent that idea over and Matt [Skiba] and Travis were like ‘that’s the one. That the shit!’ But, to be honest with you, Mark [Hoppus] was like ‘I’m not so sure…’ – so it wasn’t straightforward, let’s put it like that!” Seeing some of the rejected art ideas is pretty cool. I’m definitely a fan of what they ended up with. Expand - View Original
I kind of like the first rejected one in that article with the four people, but I think the album cover they got is awesome.
I like them all. I like the street sign the most...I don't dislike what they chose...I just don't love it, but oh man I love the song!
Highway sign is cool, the first one is a bit too busy imo. I dig what they eventually went with though.