Iconic album covers recreated by Athletes

Check this amazing project made the the ESPN magazine. Photographed by Mattias Clamer, 14 athletes recreates iconic album covers from the past few decades. 

Below you can check the end result and the originals.

Olympic Gold Medal Sprinter Allyson Felix as Beyonce (Album: Dangerously In Love, 2003)

Olympic God Medal Swimmer Ryan Lochte as the baby on Nirvana's Nevermind Baby (Album: Nevermind, 1991):

Check the others side by side. 

The Making of John Mayer's 'Born & Raised' Artwork

David A. Smith a great artist did an AMAZING work for John Mayer's Born and Raised album. Check it out the making of. This is definetely one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. Lovely and great artwork!

Comics Cover Art

Some artists created this series as part of the project Comic Book Resources. Please check it out some of those.

LEGO Album Covers

It is quite impressive what you can do with Lego. It's a dream to work with this brand before I die. Definitely, as the story says, it was done to open our minds and show our creativity.

Check what people can do with Lego, reproducing some famous album covers.

 

You can check all the collection on: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lego_album_covers/pool/

The Kitten Covers

For those who love kitties and album covers... check this out.

http://thekittencovers.tumblr.com/ by the artist Alfra Martini

Suuuuper cute! =)

 

Pantone Album Covers

Amazing work by the British Designer David Marsh. You can check it out more at: http://davidmarsh.sketch360.com/

Minimalistic Album Covers

Is quite old, but is good to show up here again. Lovely work by the artist Ty Lettau.

Grammy Award for Best Recording Package 2012

Check it out the list of Grammy's Best Recording Package 2012

The winner was:

Arcade Fire - Scenes From The Suburbs

Caroline Robert, Art Director

The other nominees were:

Todd Gallopo for Chickenfoot III (performers: Chickenfoot)

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds for Good Luck & True Love (performer: Reckless Kelly)

Jonathan Dagan for Rivers and Homes (performer: J.Viewz)

Virgil Abloh for Watch The Throne (performers: Jay-Z & Kanye West)

So, what's your favorite?

Sleeveface: Album Sleeve Art

What a awesome project and idea. I think this is brilliant! Enjoy the images.

The best thing? You can do it by yourself with one iPhone app:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleevefacer/id471522760?mt=8