Cover Analysis - Pt 2

This is an image created by Jamie Reid for the band the Sex Pistols. It is a poster that displays the album “Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols. The style is very unique because it uses a type of lettering that he pioneered. It involves cutting select letters up various different sources regardless of size and combine them to make words. The layout is easy to understand visually. It features several different fonts and sizes but is easy to read. The colour is what strikes you first when you look at the design. The bright yellow draws your eye to the page and the first thing you read in “Sex Pistols”. This is because it is bright pink. The second most eye catching thing is the “Bollocks”, mainly because it is a rude word and very few artists use this type of language in their work. It is fit for purpose because it was meant to cause as much uproar as possible and that it did. I love this design because it’s bright, bold and stands for a movement in social history I love.

This is another work created by Jamie Reid for the “Sex Pistols”. It is a single cover for their single “God Save The Queen”. This image uses the same style of typography as the previous image just this time it has been placed upon someone rather than just a plain background. The design is centralised on the page. The design itself features a queen with her eyes and mouth torn out which has effectively stole her identity. These torn sections have been replaced the song title and the bands name. The main colour on this design is blue. The other colours are effectively shades of that blue. This design is fit for purpose as it was meant to cause anger amongst the people of the time and it did. I love this design because it’s it is so iconic and so unique.

This is the Sex Pistols Single called Pretty Vacant. It was design by Jamie Reid. It’s a design that is retro as it was created in the 1970’s. When you look close to the image it looks like parts of the design have been stuck onto the paper, possibly with glue. The layout incorporates two buses whose tail ends are pointing towards the centre of the page. The text above and below the buses are in the classic Jamie Reid style. One main colour is used and that is black. The paper is of a very light brown which doesn’t like matters in the design.