#because everyone i asked had a different favorite

The post that no one asked for: the many alternate cover photos I made for “Express Yourself” before finally selecting the hand-holding. Please enjoy these either as an insight into my artistic process or as self-made fanart for the story itself! More under the cut (you’re welcome).

^I played around with adding a quote but decided I liked the minimalism of the photo alone.

^This was probably my second choice

^now we get into some more collage-oriented covers. One thing I discovered during this process was how much I liked ones that resembled an actual book cover.

^one of my earlier attempts; you may recognize these photos from the Express Yourself “poster” I put up a while ago. I wanted to try the “collage” approach without it being quite so busy with so many photos.

^another top contender because it is one of my favorite screengrabs I took for this project…the moment just fits so perfect with the scene where Blaine sings to Kurt to ask him to be his boyfriend