Goal
The goal of this project was to create an album cover that visually captures the core themes of Vespertine: eroticism, vulnerability, introspection, and the idea of a private inner universe. Inspired by the album’s motifs of bodily fluidity, dissolution, and the tension between softness and suffocation, the aim was to produce an image that feels both delicate and overwhelming—an intimate world suspended in time. The cover needed to resonate with music and conceptual-art audiences while remaining visually enigmatic, tactile, and emotionally charged.

Approach
My approach centred on the idea of encapsulation, using ice as a physical metaphor for secrecy, fragility, and suspended emotion. I created a frozen block containing flowers, pigments, lace, and beads, selecting these materials to reflect themes of fluidity, transformation, and the tension between concealment and exposure. I then pushed this initial artwork through AI to generate a series of further images, expanding the visual language and deepening the sense of a private, shifting inner world.

AI Generator: Flora AI.