John Mayer's 'Born & Raised' Artwork

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    I also wonder how much he was paid. I mean, that looks like months and months of work, hours and hours each day.
    I imagine the average photographic album cover could be knocked out in a week plus photoshoot time. But this looks like tons more work.
    If he was charging £400 a day (hardly anything for such rare skills and craftsmanship) for a month then that's £12,000 and I could see it costing more than that. But then I suppose if you hire a great photographer they cost a lot more than that for a shoot plus rights to the image etc. Plus design time.

    It makes you think about how much record companies spend on this stuff. I guess Mayer sells a crapload of albums so it's nothing to him.

    Makes me think I should have charged more for the album covers I've designed. But then I didn't do it in glass!

    • very expensive eye candy that does not communicate the music at allfadein11
    • I think it actually does communicate the feel of that album. It's all about 70s folky/nostalgic sound which I think fitsBaskerviIle
    • think fitsBaskerviIle

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