10. Com Truise – Iteration (Seth Haley)

Creating his own artwork, Seth Haley set himself apart from many others. Featuring a minimalist style and unique but still retro color scheme,  this album artwork is a perfect companion to his album.

9. Occams Laser – Ascension (Tom Stuart)

This album art was also created by Occams Laser himself, and looks like an authentic Gustave Doré engraving. Add in a faux record wear, and you have yourself a fantastic cover!

8. The Midnight – Nocturnal  (David Legnon)

The rainy windshield and cityscape in the background on the cover of this EP is just deluxe, and perfectly embodies what The Midnight’s “Nocturnal” sound is all about.

7. Alex – Youth – (Jaqueline Ruther)

This beautiful artwork earned it’s spot on the list for the ersatz plastic wrap gleam that cuts through the center of the art. Light can be difficult to work with – especially when reflecting off of unusual surfaces.

6. Dance with the Dead – B-Sides Vol 1.
(Mark R Kosobucki)

This artwork plays with perspective in an interesting way, and captures lots of small details. The upward view would be terrible on the living – but works well on rotted flesh and bone!

5. Ultraboss – Kyrie Electron  (Rolly Rocket)

This awesome illustration not only showcases Rolly’s eye for detail, it also portrays the Kyrie Electron Vision perfectly! The color and unique vision make this cover a vibrant masterpiece for the eyes.

4. Meteor – Inner Demon – (Jorge Reyes)

Not only does Meteor make fantastic synth, he makes his own art as well! Faces can be hard to do right – creating an exploded face with depth – that takes skill. Delightfully retro as well.

3. Dan Terminus – Automated Refrains
(Luca Carey)

The artwork from Luca Carey is always on-point. Their works are always complex, with amazing use of space and color – it wouldn’t be a top 10 album art without something from Carey.

2. Compilerbau – Tricksters Paradise
(Kuldar Leement)

This relatively simple, but very clean artwork earned a top spot because, according a physicist we contacted, the equations on the blackboard are real – and contain wave functions! Fantastic!

1. Robert Parker – Awakening (Florian Renner)

This fantastic cover art earned our #1 spot for the perfect mixture of style, simplicity, and smart use of contrasting pastel 80’s colors. This cover bleeds retro futurism cyberpunk without being kitschy – not an easy feat!

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Perturbator – New Model (Long Pham)

Mega Drive – The Grid (David Demaret)

Night Raptor – Night Raptor EP  (Folgar)