‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILSSINGLE COVER: DRAFTSTRACK 9: BIG MAN WITH A GUNI

‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS

SINGLE COVER: DRAFTS

TRACK 9: BIG MAN WITH A GUN

I brought the ‘big man’ image into photoshop when I decided which one I would use. After slightly adjusting the contrast, I felt something was missing, so similar to what I did with the “explicit” version of my ‘The Becoming’ artwork, I added a splash of blood to the bottom of the image. I like the idea of mystery behind who’s blood it might be, the shooter or a victim. 

I also love the contrast between the very grim subject matter and the beautiful, sunny day. the dandelions are a nice touch as well. I remember always thinking of them as beautiful flowers when I was a kid, until I was corrected and told that they are in fact weeds. But who is to say really?

It was nice as well to not have to digitally impose the ‘NIN’ logo. The fact that it is so symmetrically perfect really makes it easy to do something like this, as at the very most it might need a slight adjustment  in regrgards to perspective in photoshop. The fact that it is bright white also makes it pop when the contrast is adjusted, making it look as though it may have been digitally added or enhanced.  

Overall I’m very happy with the way this turned out, and it probably needed the least editing of any of the other covers I have come up with so far.