David Archuleta – Album Cover
 
Something for the David Archuleta fans today. From Rickey.org. It’s the cover of Archie’s upcoming album.
You like?
ETA: It’s way better than the “Crush” cover. Man, those bright pastels made my eyeballs hurt. He looks mature, older–but not sexualized, which would be icky! Heh.
ETAA: The comments on this photo are not to be missed. Y’all are cracking me up. I take the point that the photo looks kinda like a mug shot. Archie without that perpetual smile on his face is a bit of a shock.
According to the website, Fans of David, “… David is going to be songwriting this week with Matthew Gerrard, who co-wrote à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Breakawayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ for Kelly Clarkson, and Robbie Nevil, who has worked with numerous young artists.”
Gerrard has also had hits with Hilary Duff (à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Waità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Why Notà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ), Jesse McCartney (à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s No Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ), Edenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Crush (à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Get Over Yourselfà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ) and Nick Carter (à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Help Meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ).à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Plus, he’s got 3 songs on the High School Musical and Hannah Montana soundtracks. That teen fan base is covered!
Also, according to FOD, “David will be meeting with some of the biggest management companies in the entertainment business this week to identify just the right people to co-manage his career along with Jeff Archuleta.”
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105 Responses to “David Archuleta – Album Cover”
I read all comments here. I agree with most of comments. My conclusion is not about the cover itself, cuz still we don’t know if it’s a final cover. As ggdoorsfan said, Jive did a great job to “catch our attention”. All his fansites are burning now. haha…I guess that’s what they want. I hope we’re gonna have a better cover when the album comes out, cuz David Archuleta is one of the most good looking guys.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/MR5Kwd99.jpg
Just an attempt to see if a difference will show with the picture.
I removed some of the darkness around his eyes, pulled some of the pinkness from his lips, replaced that grainy background that looked like paneling to me, reduced the shadow under his chin and smoothed it out a smidge, and a few odds and ends here and there. One thing that is really a small difference but makes an impression is to de-emphasize the darkness of his nostrils. You never want the nostrils to draw attention. Most images don’t emphasize them but when the head is tilted at a certain angle, it can happen. I am really a dope when it comes to pictures because I always want them to look the best they can. Whoever did the finishing on this image didn’t do it justice. It is small stuff but noticeable. At least to a dork like me. A first cover should be a gem, not an almost gem. There is only so much I can tweak with a low res image but it was fun to try.
I agree with everything soundscene said. I really like the album cover and I don’t see sadness and tiredness but determination and a bit of a healthy attitude, kinda like him saying “Watch out, I am not who you think I am. Take me seriously.” – I really love it.
Weelassie, while I do like the retouches you did, I can also see why Jive did the album cover the way they did – it looks a lot grundgier (is that a word? LOL) and more interesting (as in discussion-sparking) than the classic look of your retouch. Nice job though!
Robbie and Matthew are working on the songs with Producer/Writer Mike K who has known David and his father since David was 12 years old. Mike produced some of Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s early demos which led Jeff Archuleta to reach out to Mike to again bring Mike K into the production/songwriting process for Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s new cd on Jive Records. Mike K then reached out to Robbie and Matthew and invited them to come in and co-produce the songs with him. Rumor has it that Mike K will have another song on Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s album co-wriiten with hit writer Steve Diamond and David himself!! You can read more about Mike K at http://www.myspace.com/mikek
who is this mike k guy? is he producing davids album? wonder why we havent heard anything about who is producing it?