I was pretty excited for a few weeks at the beginning of the summer. I had an opportunity to do some comps for Melissa Etheridge's upcoming holiday release, A New Thought For Christmas (released 9/30/08). The theme was global peace and tolerance. I came up with an iconic solution, which I can't say I've seen before. A simple, graphic Christmas tree made out of peace signs. Melissa saw my comps and was thrilled to choose this one for the cover. I was psyched to think that I could add this to my collection of rocking holiday CDs!
About six weeks later, I got the unfortunate news from the Island Records representative that they decided to go with something else. C'est la vie.
While I admit their design is quite nice, I think my design would have looked way cooler featured in the iTunes music store. What do you think?
IMO, your design is way better – it emits a “warm” look & feel, it would tranlate to a smaller pic like an avatar well. Also if she chose, it could be made into jewelry, t-shirts & other marketing products. The design they chose is “cold” looking and feeling and cannot be made into other type of products
Your design is a lot more intriguing and less commercial. I guess that was the “problem”. But I’d like to hear the music now to see which cover fits better to the sound (I think yours still wins).
I love your design! The colors and design of the background brought up military images/feelings for me, with the peace tree, star and dove then becoming the dominant/overlying theme. We are all ready for that. I can see why Melissa liked it.
Yeah, my mommy would’ve been so proud.
Man, that would have been cool to score that Etheridge CD cover. The tree is a lot more interesting than the window sign…
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