Graphic design

Art NouveauEvery line has a curve.

Whiplash curves, fine linework, and flat washes of muted color frame a central figure or bloom inside a tall, ornamented border.

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Dream pop albums, chamber folk records, and singer-songwriter debuts.

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This look wants one heroine or bloom, so say which in the illustration notes. Keep the title to a word or two; it is drawn into the whiplash curves, not typed beneath them.

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An album · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstNight BloomRead the exact prompt
Create a finished square album cover, in a 1:1 aspect ratio. Produce the front cover artwork itself, without a vinyl sleeve, jewel case, shelf, or room mockup.

COVER TEXT
Use the following release information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text.
Artist: The Evening Shapes
Title: Night Bloom
Extra line: The new album
Label: Posterage Records

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Art Nouveau style.
Visual vocabulary: sinuous whiplash curves; ornamental borders and frames; flat colour areas with fine linework; female figure or floral motif as centrepiece.
Lettering direction: custom lettering integrated into curves; tall condensed serifs; decorative capitals.
Suggested colors: muted gold, sage, dusty rose, teal, cream.
Composition: vertical format with strong border; figure dominates upper half.
Atmosphere: elegant, theatrical, fin-de-siècle.
Keep out of the design: geometric modernism, sans-serif dominance, flat corporate illustration.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A night-blooming cereus opening in whiplash curves, moths circling inside an ornamented square frame.
These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text.

Make the artist name and title the strongest text elements and keep all other text minimal and small, as on a real record sleeve. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
An album · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstTallowRead the exact prompt
Create a finished square album cover, in a 1:1 aspect ratio. Produce the front cover artwork itself, without a vinyl sleeve, jewel case, shelf, or room mockup.

COVER TEXT
Use the following release information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text.
Artist: Juno Park
Title: Tallow
Label: Tallow Works Recordings

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Art Nouveau style.
Visual vocabulary: sinuous whiplash curves; ornamental borders and frames; flat colour areas with fine linework; female figure or floral motif as centrepiece.
Lettering direction: custom lettering integrated into curves; tall condensed serifs; decorative capitals.
Suggested colors: muted gold, sage, dusty rose, teal, cream.
Composition: vertical format with strong border; figure dominates upper half.
Atmosphere: elegant, theatrical, fin-de-siècle.
Keep out of the design: geometric modernism, sans-serif dominance, flat corporate illustration.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A candle burned down to its last inch, wax pooled on a tin plate.
These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text.

Make the artist name and title the strongest text elements and keep all other text minimal and small, as on a real record sleeve. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
An album · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstCarrierRead the exact prompt
Create a finished square album cover, in a 1:1 aspect ratio. Produce the front cover artwork itself, without a vinyl sleeve, jewel case, shelf, or room mockup.

COVER TEXT
Use the following release information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text.
Artist: ORLA
Title: Carrier
Label: Tallow Works Recordings

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Art Nouveau style.
Visual vocabulary: sinuous whiplash curves; ornamental borders and frames; flat colour areas with fine linework; female figure or floral motif as centrepiece.
Lettering direction: custom lettering integrated into curves; tall condensed serifs; decorative capitals.
Suggested colors: muted gold, sage, dusty rose, teal, cream.
Composition: vertical format with strong border; figure dominates upper half.
Atmosphere: elegant, theatrical, fin-de-siècle.
Keep out of the design: geometric modernism, sans-serif dominance, flat corporate illustration.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A radio mast on a hill with concentric waves radiating outward into fog.
These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text.

Make the artist name and title the strongest text elements and keep all other text minimal and small, as on a real record sleeve. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
An album · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstUndertowRead the exact prompt
Create a finished square album cover, in a 1:1 aspect ratio. Produce the front cover artwork itself, without a vinyl sleeve, jewel case, shelf, or room mockup.

COVER TEXT
Use the following release information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text.
Artist: Sea Glass
Title: Undertow
Label: Posterage Records

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Art Nouveau style.
Visual vocabulary: sinuous whiplash curves; ornamental borders and frames; flat colour areas with fine linework; female figure or floral motif as centrepiece.
Lettering direction: custom lettering integrated into curves; tall condensed serifs; decorative capitals.
Suggested colors: muted gold, sage, dusty rose, teal, cream.
Composition: vertical format with strong border; figure dominates upper half.
Atmosphere: elegant, theatrical, fin-de-siècle.
Keep out of the design: geometric modernism, sans-serif dominance, flat corporate illustration.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A woman's hair dissolving into sinuous waves, sea-glass pebbles set into the border.
These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text.

Make the artist name and title the strongest text elements and keep all other text minimal and small, as on a real record sleeve. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
A single or EP · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstHalf LightRead the exact prompt
Create a finished square cover for a single or EP, in a 1:1 aspect ratio. Produce the front cover artwork itself, without a vinyl sleeve, jewel case, shelf, or room mockup.

COVER TEXT
Use the following release information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text.
Artist: Paper Moon
Title: Half Light

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Art Nouveau style.
Visual vocabulary: sinuous whiplash curves; ornamental borders and frames; flat colour areas with fine linework; female figure or floral motif as centrepiece.
Lettering direction: custom lettering integrated into curves; tall condensed serifs; decorative capitals.
Suggested colors: muted gold, sage, dusty rose, teal, cream.
Composition: vertical format with strong border; figure dominates upper half.
Atmosphere: elegant, theatrical, fin-de-siècle.
Keep out of the design: geometric modernism, sans-serif dominance, flat corporate illustration.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A crescent paper moon held in curling tendrils, half its face dissolving into flat fine linework.
These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text.

Make the artist name and title the strongest text elements and keep all other text minimal and small, as on a real record sleeve. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.

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