(non-existent) album art

I’ve produced only 12.5% of the first album, which means it’s the perfect time to create album art (for an album of which only 10% exists). The origin story of this art is really fucking cute. So my toddler got a kids instant camera for Christmas and took a picture of me. First, the “film” is literally the receipt paper in grocery store cash registers (and by the way, the receipt paper is a surprisingly enjoyable tactile experience but anyway..). Second, the picture was bad but bad in that cute adorable way that only a photo taken by a little one could be cute and adorable. And it’s black-and-white “film,” which also affects the quality. Interestingly enough, the picture turned out quite artsy, like if someone didn’t know a toddler took it, they’d probably wax poetic about the composition, lighting, etc. As soon as the camera spat it out, I thought, This would be a perfect album cover. My head is cut off or missing, it’s hard to tell what you’re looking at until you see my hands, and the background is completely illegible. With “HALFWAY TO VERITY” in an original font script that I created and a very original “V” symbol in the foreground, there it is. I guess I owe my little one 5% of album sales (which also happens to be the same percentage of the album that is done), which probably means he’ll owe me money.