Create an instant band name and album cover

posted over 1 year ago by collisiontheory

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Pretty interesting design exercise I found on Facebook. I think it started on Flickr. Follow instructions below the photos.

Some interesting results:

Random Album Cover

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together. Make sure it’s a square. 500 x 500 pixels is ideal.

5 - Post it to flickr or here
(TAG the friends in flickr you want to join in)
The flickr group is here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/cdcovermeme/

208 Comments

soj said over 1 year ago

pretty interesting, some of them look pretty good
dobi said over 1 year ago

awesome, here is mine.
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

dobi said: awesome, here is mine.

nice!! i’m still doing mine haha
whyball said over 1 year ago

Mine is pretty common, i’m not sure if we are aloud to modify the picture :) anyway great and funny exercise !
RyanPimental. said over 1 year ago

This is pretty awesome.

Here’s my shot:
Rik said over 1 year ago

dobi’s has inspired me to start again, ha
Greg Abbott said over 1 year ago
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

whyball said: Mine is pretty common, i’m not sure if we are aloud to modify the picture :) anyway great and funny exercise !

I think you can pretty much do anything you want with the image. Here’s mine..went retro with it.. and love my band name!!

My original results:
band name - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People’s_Revolutionary_Party

album name - "Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies." - Woody Allen
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/955.html

album cover photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/maitexu/3307152407/
Kyle Crawford said over 1 year ago

I added a little bit of textures. not sure if thats against the rules or whatever..

here’s where the band name came from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(military_unit)

I cheated on the band title... if it would have been the last 5 it would have been world will imagine the worst, so I kept the.. in there.

heres the original photo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mouldy/3307986331/

and heres my cover
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

Nice kyle I think textures are fine as long as the image is still there.

Another cover! This is addicting!

BAND NAME - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7006_Folco
BAND TITLE - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1452.html
BAND PHOTO - http://www.flickr.com/photos/26446732@N06/3308511486/
alexcampbellart said over 1 year ago

this seems fun, I want to do this, but no photoshop at work :[.
Randomentity said over 1 year ago

wow, i’m going to do this later, i need the exercise.
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

Alex just use something else..ms paint? haha
Woohoo!

BAND NAME - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_and_Anchor
BAND TITLE - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/8773.html
BAND PHOTO - http://www.flickr.com/photos/89985824@N00/3305510684/
alexcampbellart said over 1 year ago

collisiontheory said: Alex just use something else..ms paint? haha Woohoo! BAND NAME - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_and_Anchor BAND TITLE - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/8773.html BAND PHOTO - http://www.flickr.com/photos/89985824@N00/3305510684/

Paint album art incoming.
Matt Willmott said over 1 year ago

Ineresting. Don’t think much of mine but meh, here it is:

Feeling rubbish so didn’t give it much effort.
Joey said over 1 year ago

i guess i got the indie band
alexcampbellart said over 1 year ago

Photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpoyato/3301238688/
Name - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Sendic
Album - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/3024.html

Paint FTW.
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

jimmyheartcore said:

fantastic!! what’s the original photo?
dobi said over 1 year ago

jimmyheartcore said:

this is awesome
nate gonz said over 1 year ago
Kyle Crawford said over 1 year ago

jimmyheartcore said:

it seems like the album name would be more of the band name and the band name the album name. pretty cool
CoreyMV said over 1 year ago

Band Name

Album Title

Photo
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

Corey said: Band Name Album Title Photo

I like it! Your 'photo' link is wrong though
Johnny D said over 1 year ago

Ive seen some people do this before, but a lot of these are better then ones people tried to show me.

I’ll do one in a bit, looks fun.
Hillman said over 1 year ago

This was fun, I might do another one later!
Ben Danger said over 1 year ago

man I have been seeing a bunch of these on photoshop but these are killer. I gotta do one
litoQ said over 1 year ago

alexcampbellart said: Photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpoyato/3301238688/ Name - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Sendic Album - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/3024.html Paint FTW.

Alex check this out... might make it easier to fuck around at work ;)
Travis Cook said over 1 year ago

wow, so my band is supposed to be named Loricaria Antisanensis?
jaynajaynajayna said over 1 year ago

a bunch of my friends were doing this on facebook, of course emptees is way better at it
litoQ said over 1 year ago

dammit, Flickr’s blocked
alexcampbellart said over 1 year ago

LitoQ said:
alexcampbellart said: Photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpoyato/3301238688/ Name - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Sendic Album - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/3024.html Paint FTW.

Alex check this out... might make it easier to fuck around at work ;)

Awesome, I love you.
Tender Branson said over 1 year ago
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

Tender Branson said:

Dude i love this!
RustyEight said over 1 year ago

Oh man, If I wasn’t so busy today I’d jump on this now
a killer wombat said over 1 year ago

Thats the key to so many albums, just getting that right photo to work from. Thats what makes IC so incredible most of the time, the base photos they start with a remarkable.
Johnny D said over 1 year ago
Sam Kaufman said over 1 year ago

a killer wombat said: Thats the key to so many albums, just getting that right photo to work from. Thats what makes IC so incredible most of the time, the base photos they start with a remarkable.

Agreed!

jimmyheartcore said:

Dig it!
Rik said over 1 year ago
khay said over 1 year ago
J.R. said over 1 year ago

Aprica
creative periods of my life
Tender Branson said over 1 year ago

Thanks for posting about this, Collision.
Johnny D said over 1 year ago

did another one, pretty fun.
RustyEight said over 1 year ago

I caved

Slight editing in photoshop
Gianni said over 1 year ago
derekdeal said over 1 year ago

and the VH1 artist of the month is...
J.R. said over 1 year ago

derekdeal said: and the VH1 artist of the month is...

lol
alexcampbellart said over 1 year ago

GianniR said:

This one is awesome.
Ben Danger said over 1 year ago

hmmm looks like my band is called
Pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadias
skull with hair said over 1 year ago

awesome exercise.
Johnny D said over 1 year ago

skull with hair said: awesome exercise.

dig it
Rik said over 1 year ago
derekdeal said over 1 year ago

skull with hair said: awesome exercise.

ruling
gaunty said over 1 year ago

This is a sick thread. Do you think people will ever pay for album art again. I´ll try and stick one up later.
Joey said over 1 year ago

derekdeal said: and the VH1 artist of the month is...

that one is foolishly good/funny. im shocked it’s not already in starbucks.
Joey said over 1 year ago
skull with hair said over 1 year ago

HAHAHAH!!! you should ask the girl at the counter if they carry it.
Matt Rupp said over 1 year ago
NVasion said over 1 year ago
Tender Branson said over 1 year ago

I might have actually enjoyed school if we had assignments like this.
Kolby said over 1 year ago
Kolby said over 1 year ago

skull with hair said: awesome exercise.

amazing!
Matt Rupp said over 1 year ago

Nice and simple!
justinryan said over 1 year ago
dougie said over 1 year ago
Matt Rupp said over 1 year ago

justinryan said:

Awesome Name. Awesome Title. Awesome Photo.
Awesome Awesome.
Hillman said over 1 year ago

justinryan said:

I would prob buy this one!
dougie said over 1 year ago

justinryan said:

i like that one
justinryan said over 1 year ago

hah i got pretty lucky with my sources (title, name, pic).

i’m actually thinking about using that title for my own release hah.
derekdeal said over 1 year ago

Joey said:

HA, amazing, and you totally should ask
Kolby said over 1 year ago
Kolby said over 1 year ago

Every album on here (except for 1 or 2) looks legit as hell. Emptees is a talented bunch.
Matt Rupp said over 1 year ago

I love.
mitchbones said over 1 year ago
Joey said over 1 year ago

mitchbones said:

HAHAHA SO COOL
Joey said over 1 year ago

Matt Rupp said: I love.

that one is awesome
RustyEight said over 1 year ago
El Presidente said over 1 year ago

GianniR said:

This one wins best band name & album title by far.

I tried to do one this morning but the pictures were always sooooo boring
Joey said over 1 year ago

ShirtFight.com said:
GianniR said:

This one wins best band name & album title by far.

I tried to do one this morning but the pictures were always sooooo boring

that’s the whole fun of it!
Cyle Howe said over 1 year ago

This was so fun!
Johnny D said over 1 year ago

I didn’t edit the picture at all. It was like that.
NVasion said over 1 year ago

I just had to do it again.
Matt Willmott said over 1 year ago

Attempt number 2:
Kolby said over 1 year ago

seriously?
Matt Rupp said over 1 year ago

This is probably more addictive than black tar heroin.
chrisrushing said over 1 year ago
zreed/bluetidepro said over 1 year ago

chrisrushing said:

looks legit.

this is so fun!
zreed/bluetidepro said over 1 year ago

When I get home from work I am making one! lol
LiviuMatei said over 1 year ago

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Hillman said over 1 year ago

chrisrushing said:

One of my favs so far!
Shralp said over 1 year ago
Matt Rupp said over 1 year ago

Anybody in an indie band?
Want to hire me to do your album artwork?
Say yes, please.

Time to go to the brand new IKEA and out for lunch/dinner.

More later!
Furface said over 1 year ago

the qoute link doesnt work for me
Joey Bacon said over 1 year ago

This is a lot of fun. I want to do some more later.
DeadRight said over 1 year ago

This was fun. Here’s my attempt:
LiviuMatei said over 1 year ago
drewg said over 1 year ago

original photo here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakuralove/3292646964/
hunty said over 1 year ago

These are all awesome - I’d buy at least 50% of these CDs I reckon.

Right - going to do mine seeing as the kids are asleep :D
CoreyMV said over 1 year ago

chrisrushing said:

Best so far!
Sol Amstutz said over 1 year ago
110specialblack said over 1 year ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamadysh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosbykaren/3297365393/
Hillman said over 1 year ago

Cheated just a little, the actual band name should have been Academic Technology Approval Scheme
drewg said over 1 year ago

jimmyheartcore said:

chrisrushing said:

Sol Amstutz said:

kyleisez said:

dobi said:

favorites.
darianln said over 1 year ago

crazy.
Adam Vaudin said over 1 year ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palfrey

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frame04/3305897401/
Kolby said over 1 year ago
Shralp said over 1 year ago

Kolby said:
Name and title ftw.. Ha!
gaunty said over 1 year ago
El Presidente said over 1 year ago

Kolby said:

Kolby said: Totally should be an actual band! Ok ok i’m so doing one of these when I get home seriously?

HAHAHA you win!
El Presidente said over 1 year ago

Kolby said: seriously?

HAHAH you win! :)

Kolby said:

This should be an actual band!!!

Ok ok i’m doing one of these when I get home :)
Randomentity said over 1 year ago
RustyEight said over 1 year ago

Kolby said:

I lol’d. People looked at me funny.
Sol Amstutz said over 1 year ago
hunty said over 1 year ago
miss courtzie said over 1 year ago

darianhrtwl said: crazy.
ooh, i like that.
dobi said over 1 year ago

this is so fun.
CoreyMV said over 1 year ago
hunty said over 1 year ago

I don’t think Plastic Welding are going to hit the big time!
Acid said over 1 year ago

Quite interesting thing to do.
RobotTiger said over 1 year ago

i think this was too much fun, heres mine.
lanceenjoyscereal said over 1 year ago
El Presidente said over 1 year ago

hunty said: I don’t think Plastic Welding are going to hit the big time!

Plastic Welding sounds like a cheezy 80s band...or worse, a cheezy 80s cover band :)
Adam Vaudin said over 1 year ago
darianln said over 1 year ago

adamvaudin said:

the first one is ace.
Birdie31 said over 1 year ago

new favorite thread.
joesnow said over 1 year ago

the vast majority of these are better than tons of real album art that i see these days.
Shralp said over 1 year ago
hunty said over 1 year ago

Really getting into this... It’s amazing how good something can look if you get a good photograph :D

Took a few liberties with this one though...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mylizziejane/3294078834/

It’s a shame because I love the cloth this toy is sat on but I couldn’t be arsed to tile it :D
Sam Kaufman said over 1 year ago
Jacobplague said over 1 year ago

Original Photo

I enjoyed this :)
hunty said over 1 year ago

I think I’m in love :D
hunty said over 1 year ago

JacobPlague said: Original Photo I enjoyed this :)

That’s gorgeous man
hideouscarwreck said over 1 year ago
skullface said over 1 year ago

this is the coolest thread
hunty said over 1 year ago

hmmm... anyone want to try this one? :D

BAND NAME:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF-S_17-85mm_lens

TITLE:
Things we haven’t been taught.

PIC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/withrootslikethese/3295526606/
skullface said over 1 year ago

annoying watermark I felt guilty blacking out
dobi said over 1 year ago

JacobPlague said: Original Photo I enjoyed this :)

HOLY SCREAMO!
Hillman said over 1 year ago

Southern Metal Anyone!?
fortino said over 1 year ago

here’s mine
MichaelLoSauro said over 1 year ago

This is an awesome idea. I have a feeling I’ll be doing quite a few of these tonight.
kenny g said over 1 year ago
Sam Kaufman said over 1 year ago

this is by far my fav thread on here...haha
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

sjkaufman1 said:

That’s fantastic!!
asdafkid said over 1 year ago

sjkaufman1 said:

STELLAR!
mitchbones said over 1 year ago
iotadial said over 1 year ago
RobotTiger said over 1 year ago

bWHAHAHAHA
LOOK WHAT I FOUND!
i feel bad for johnny
Matt Willmott said over 1 year ago

Could be doing this for some time.
skullface said over 1 year ago

I think I’m done for the night
and done with Avenir for another two days
quakerninja said over 1 year ago

I suck at photoshop.
skullface said over 1 year ago

mitchbones said:

you refreshed till you found that
MonsieurEureka said over 1 year ago

this was pretty fun!
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

So inspiring and so much creativity on here!! I’m doing some more!

We should have a "fake-album-cover-off".. voting and all, then we vote to win "fake album cover of the day" haha
Johnny D said over 1 year ago

collisiontheory said: So inspiring and so much creativity on here!! I’m doing some more! We should have a "fake-album-cover-off".. voting and all, then we vote to win "fake album cover of the day" haha

Would love that. I think I am going to do one a day. Just because the imagery will always be changing so it will be fun to collect a bunch.
quakerninja said over 1 year ago

Trying to be clever did you catch that.
chellio said over 1 year ago

First time ever being on emptees... I joined so I could post this, actually :)

Image link
keone said over 1 year ago

mine from earlier today
quakerninja said over 1 year ago

I have never done album art, do you have to find your own photos or does the band give you stuff.
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

chellio said: First time ever being on emptees... I joined so I could post this, actually :) Image link

haha that’s cool! welcome!

BAND NAME - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Connell
BAND TITLE - www.quotationspage.com/quote/23548.html
BAND PHOTO - www.flickr.com/photos/memet/3294229594/
atomicchild said over 1 year ago

this is too fun
drewg said over 1 year ago

flickr image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawatt/3309055138/
khay said over 1 year ago
andrE w. said over 1 year ago
TylerMartin said over 1 year ago
atomicchild said over 1 year ago

andrE w. said:

haha nice
mitchbones said over 1 year ago

skullface said:
mitchbones said:

you refreshed till you found that

Nope, some of us are lucky. You are talking to the guy who bought a new DS for $12 and won a wii.
a killer wombat said over 1 year ago

After clicking on it I have no idea why it showed up on the last 7 days but it was in the third spot, so I nabbed it.

... are we allowed to edit the photos? Cause I would love to make her have a black eye and a bloody nose. Works too well with the title.
Kolby said over 1 year ago
swade said over 1 year ago

took a quick approach to it.
The colors look too saturated.
nate gonz said over 1 year ago

a killer wombat said: After clicking on it I have no idea why it showed up on the last 7 days but it was in the third spot, so I nabbed it. ... are we allowed to edit the photos? Cause I would love to make her have a black eye and a bloody nose. Works too well with the title.

go for ittttt
discordantart said over 1 year ago

this is so incredibly fun. thanks ct! easily my favorite thread in so long!

bon iver ?
a killer wombat said over 1 year ago

Soooo I went in and did a 10 second edit on the image, time for tacos!
MonsieurEureka said over 1 year ago

a killer wombat said: Soooo I went in and did a 10 second edit on the image, time for tacos!

nice! I like the hand written typo!
atomicchild said over 1 year ago
herman said over 1 year ago

Tokorcs: What a Millionaire Looked Like
william said over 1 year ago

These are all phenominal
David_M said over 1 year ago

herman said: Tokorcs: What a Millionaire Looked Like

This is my fav so far.
gaunty said over 1 year ago

sjkaufman1 said: this is by far my fav thread on here...haha

Awesome
drewg said over 1 year ago

mitchbones said:
skullface said:
mitchbones said:

you refreshed till you found that

Nope, some of us are lucky. You are talking to the guy who bought a new DS for $12 and won a wii.

how lucky will you consider yourself when you’re 40 years old, covered in cheeto dust, and sitting on your mother’s couch in your briefs playing wii bowling or super mario kart?
Kolby said over 1 year ago

^ha!
Kolby said over 1 year ago
chrisrushing said over 1 year ago
Furface said over 1 year ago
asdafkid said over 1 year ago

chrisrushing said:

herman said: Tokorcs: What a Millionaire Looked Like

awesome
iamthetrend said over 1 year ago
Sam Kaufman said over 1 year ago

chrisrushing said:

Nice
iamthetrend said over 1 year ago

herman said: The title couldnt fit that picture any better! Tokorcs: What a Millionaire Looked Like
Sam Kaufman said over 1 year ago

obsessed...
illdthedj said over 1 year ago

lol this is fun
Time Without the E said over 1 year ago

MadeByMAS said: Cheated just a little, the actual band name should have been Academic Technology Approval Scheme

fav
nice work hilly
Itzpyd4 said over 1 year ago

How fun that was. I’ve been a member for like 10 minutes now!
Betraydan said over 1 year ago

This is beyond cool , gonna do this all day , first one came out okayish.
SKUMMIE said over 1 year ago

I was lucky and ended up with a half naked lady lol
Bear said over 1 year ago
Matt Willmott said over 1 year ago

Is there not a slight issue that pretty much all of these are being used without the owners permission? Or have i gotten that wrong?

Just wondering.
Sam Kaufman said over 1 year ago

matthew88 said: Is there not a slight issue that pretty much all of these are being used without the owners permission? Or have i gotten that wrong? Just wondering.

We’re not selling them...its just for fun
Bear said over 1 year ago
andrE w. said over 1 year ago
nellement said over 1 year ago

Cool stuff here
gimetzco said over 1 year ago
fortino said over 1 year ago
skullface said over 1 year ago

sjkaufman1 said: obsessed...

favorite
collisiontheory said over 1 year ago

This is becoming too heavy. I think we should start posting here:
http://emptees.com/posts/14805-create-an-instant-band-name-and-album-cover-part-2
Killer Napkins said over 1 year ago

haha im not much of a graphic designer... but i like fuckign people up

the photo
Survival said over 1 year ago

wow, some amazing covers in here!
N.Guenzler said over 1 year ago
N.Guenzler said over 1 year ago
N.Guenzler said over 1 year ago

i did the first ones title wrong
kellaay said over 1 year ago

:D
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