A place for imaginary album art
from humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee to newcommunities@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 2025 20:05
https://lemm.ee/post/57281876

Fake Album Covers

Alternatively, !fakealbumcovers@lemm.ee

I look forward to seeing your creations!

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crimeschneck@feddit.nl on 04 Mar 20:48 next collapse

Why do you restrict it to OC (base) images only? I wouldn’t have a problem with non-OC images (if the source is also provided).

Another fun idea for such a community would be to include the genre/style of the fictional music album based on the imaginary album art.

humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee on 04 Mar 21:13 collapse

My actual preference is only that the final post show effort. I honestly wouldn’t mind if the base picture wasn’t OC, or even the uploaded picture, if the name of the artist/album and other information (possibly a tracklist or genre, like you mentioned) come together to evoke the unique vibe that album art often has. I didn’t want to write all that out, but some change will be necessary to how the rules are written at the moment.

I’ll probably go back and add something like that for what I’ve posted so far, but in the meantime, do mention what genres you think they might be. It would be quite interesting to see how different people interpret it.

Battle_Masker@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 21:02 next collapse

If this is related to that one fake album game that went around the internet a while ago, you should probably post those rules as a pinned or in the about section as a reminder

humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee on 04 Mar 21:15 collapse

The fake album game is more of an algorithm to get a fake album through chance (the final product matters much more than the method imo), but it could be helpful for those who don’t know where to begin.

HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 23:12 collapse

What are the official rules of that game? Because the ones I have found have you use links to random pictures on Flickr and are copyrighted. They wouldn’t work considering your rule of only OC.

humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee on 05 Mar 04:45 collapse

(This is what I could find.)[albumcovers.fandom.com/wiki/Album_Cover_Game] The base image is copyrighted (and that’s allowed), but the final result is still OC, since the text is supposed to be edited in by yourself.

HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world on 05 Mar 05:08 collapse

Got it. Can we use this game for this community?

humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee on 05 Mar 05:23 collapse

Yup!

humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee on 05 Mar 08:21 collapse

I’ve added a pinned FAQ to the community to address/clarify what’s been brought up in this thread so far. LMK if you have any other questions.