Comparison of my design and Vampire Weekends final product

I have taken huge influence from Vampire Weekend in terms of their branding and album covers. The filtering, obscure image and the text/font is all something that is heavily similar when looking at my own design idea. Here is an image of my own work and Vampire Weekend final product that has been released for their album to show the similarities and to explain where exactly I took my influence from and why I did. And also, what is so appealing to their album cover, for me to use it as inspiration when creating my own album cover for my band 'Ten Times A Week'. 

Here above is my own design idea for my album cover. As you can see, the image is of a young boy pulling a funny face. The position the boy is standing in, happens to create an obscure angle on the photo which is also featured in the picture of the chandelier below in Vampire Weekend's album cover. The filter that I have layered over the image is also something that I took inspiration from as it gives it a look of authenticity and quite a vintage look from the sepia effect. This is something a lot of indie rock bands are using, as part of their image. Another aspect that is very similar (almost the same in fact) is the text that I have included on my cover. As researched and featured on my blog, the particular genre that I chose to use, has a pattern in that artists tend to use block font layered on top of an image so that the text is the most prominent part of the cover. I have also used this and picked the colour white for my font, as it stands out the most over the top of my chosen image.