Alternate cover for Pulp's This is Hardcore

MADE AUGUST 2011

Pulp's "This is Hardcore" is a really good album and despite its surprising frankness and darkness in a lot of the songs, there's a lot to really like about it. However, as iconic as it may be, I have slight quams with the original cover. Sooooo, I designed my own.

This is not intended to be a CD cover replacement as the dimensions aren't right for it, this is a cover for digital versions of the album. Be it iTunes or Windows Media Player, the sort that you can just take and paste into your own version of the album to use as the new cover. I design my own album covers for albums that I like but I don't like the original covers over or what album art I can find of said album is so low-res that I'd need to make a new one instead. But hardly any of them are made from scratch like this one is...and I'm the most proud of it.

Its true to the rather seedy nature of the album but is also a LOT more subtle about it than the original cover is and certainly isn't so distracting in that same aspect neither. Also, I don't know why, but I just love the additional bow on the girl on the right to signify she's supposed to be female...its goofily cute. XD

If I find (or make) more album covers that I have entirely from scratch without any copyright infringing material on it, I'll post onto DA too, I'll make sure of that. Hope y'all enjoy.

- Eric B.