A while back I had Grammy Award Winner, Sir Mix-A-lot on chasejarvisLIVE. The guy is smart – dropped some pretty serious knowledge on the show [here’s the re-watch if you missed it].
At the end of the show, I shot the cover for his upcoming album, live, online. Here are the results.
The lead one that shows his face is my fav, but there’s plenty of debate, because the other shot is tough and mysterious. I’ll resist the temptation to make any real case for one or the other, and I’ll let this is a straight up survey – which photo do you like better A (top) or B (bottom)? (please answer in the post, not via other social channels so we don’t have to chase your feedback – thx!)
Here is photo A:
Here is photo B:
Thanks for your input.
||And if you missed it: Here’s the chasejarvisLIVE episode with Mix||
(Pulls out the Art Director hat, relaxes)
Here’s what we do. Take the foreground from A, add the background from B. The first booty shot looks like an awkward angle compared to the second.
Hiding his face doesn’t look so hot (unless the title attributes to some sort of mystery, reasoning, etc). i would also argue that there’s a bit too much contrast going on in the other, but at least you can see him proper. I would possibly add some sort of background wall- only shown in grey- barely showing itself for atmosphere. it would even help give a slight depth to the potentially gi-normous logo that looks like will be inserted in all that black space.
There you go. easy breezy. I can do this all day Chase! (available on weekends in NYC!)
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Photo B, because of the face of the girl and the mysterious look of Mix
A, but crop the girl out.
I’d like B cropped to just Sir Mix. (especially if the new album is harder/darker than poppy) I get that the booty identifies him as Sir Mix but it’s a bit of hanging on to the past which feels desperate. Also, the symmetry of his position mimics a booty anyway. (which I like. very subliminal/ unconscious). The pose in A feels like a moment in between…sort of confusing expression with the hands. No strength for me. Like he’s uncomfortable or unsure about this album.
He looks better in A, but she looks better in B.
But all together B is the better of the two. There is some mystery and more tension. My first impulse was A, but after looking closely at both of them B is my favorite.