The history of the cover for LentoVeloce Propagare D’Abissi, the first album of Valerio Orlandini for the Petcord Netlabel, could be summarised as the art of improvising within a short amount of time. Two weeks earlier than anticipated, the album served as a replacement for a postponed album that needs more time for various reasons. An image the artist found on Wikipedia was thought to grace the cover, however looking closer at the licence, it turned out it was too restrictive to be used and thus, a replacement was needed. Maybe it’s the routine or I just was more focused than usual, but the alternative cover draft quickly evolved to something more mature and most things went by themselves without the need of putting too much thoughts into it.

Again, I used recursive ratios, this time a relative of the Golden Ratio with the main difference being that a length is not composed of two but three successors, which makes this variant an ideal choice for text boxes. Actually, if you look at the image composition, the Golden Ratio occurs there, too, though rather accidentally. The colours on the front cover create a subtile tension, or perhaps even a dissonance which is amplified by the motif itself (leaveless willows on a pond, a photography I took several years ago). Despite its simplicity, the cover is an interesting eye catcher, leaving both the artist and me rather satisfied about the result.