50 Inspiring MixTape Covers

By On Friday, February 26th, 2010
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Today I have some MixTape covers to showcase for you guys. These MixTape Covers are inspiring, attractive and definitely well designed. I thought of showcasing something different to my readers for the Friday Inspiration Station. Hope you guys and girls enjoy the covers and find them as inspiring as I did. All these MixTape Covers come from MixTapeWall.com


21 Inspiring MixTape Covers

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  • http://sexidesign.com Melody

    I usually don’t like mixtape covers because of their obvious bouts with copyright infringing photos, but..that cassette tape one is so sick and original!
    .-= Melody´s last blog ..Understanding Color Meaning In Sexy Design =-.

  • http://www.dind.nl DinD

    Nice collection Jacques! Inspiring – now I just have to find a group to design for :)

  • http://www.area1.info Mihai O.

    Impressive collection. Good job Jacques!
    .-= Mihai O.´s last blog ..The Success Of Your Business On The Web =-.

  • http://webdesignmash.com starr

    Great collection Jacques. Not a massive fan of urban & Hip-Hop but these are inspiring. Got any Dance Music Mix Tapes Designs?
    .-= starr´s last blog ..Ways to Find Design Inspiration =-.

    • http://creativeoverflow.net Jacques van Heerden

      Glad you like it. I will have to check around and maybe do another roundup ;)

  • http://richworks.in Richie

    Cool collection. I like the brilliant use of color contrasts. They speak out loud.
    .-= Richie´s last blog ..70 most creative advertisements featuring animals =-.

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  • http://webexpedition18.com Nikola Lazarevic

    Nice collection Jacques.
    .-= Nikola Lazarevic´s last blog ..20 Clean And Modern Free Fonts =-.

  • http://www.thecomplexmedia.com theComplex

    Eeek – most of these are pretty horrible and as a lover of hip-hop and mixtapes, I see these atrocious designs all of the time. However there are about 4 to 5 that stand out from the cluttered mess of the others including the one mentioned about using the cassette tape.

    • http://FourSeeEnt.com Shay

      The Second one from the top (Sleeper Cell) also stands out..Ha. #justsayin

  • http://www.insidethewebb.com/ Inside the Webb

    Extremely inspiring collection. Thanks for the share mate
    .-= Inside the Webb´s last blog ..Interview with Professional XHTML/CSS Slicing Company Slicejack =-.

  • http://www.warstwy.com adone

    Nice list. Hip hop don’t stop! 99,9% it’s rap music.
    .-= adone´s last blog ..Dla kogo s? Theme Cluby??? =-.

  • http://designthoughtfortheday.blogspot.com Ted Rex

    Very inspiring. Funny how we’re still these mix TAPE collections!

    I made this one of today’s three links on my Design Thought for the Day blog:
    http://designthoughtfortheday.blogspot.com/2010/03/03-01-txt-fx-for-youngsters-twitter-bgd.html

    All the best, Ted

  • http://twitter.com/GraphicDesignNY GraphicDesignNY

    Nice post but I find mixtape covers to be pathetically redundant and uncreative. The content and elements are always the same, guns, designer labels, wads of cash, chains, cars, excessive wealth, blah, blah blah. The crazy colors, heavy collage compositing and rich grungy contrast don’t compensate for the lack of imagination and cookie cutter plugin usage. I agree with theComplex and Melody that some are very well done like the cassette tape design. But for the most part they are interesting not exceptional. I would like to see one with dance music also.

    Thanks

  • http://www.thomascraigconsulting.com Thomas Craig Consulting

    Very nice collection, colors are so vivid. Great inspiration for future work.

  • http://www.reupspot.com reupvick

    Appreciate the looks on NEW SLANG cover!! dope list

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  • http://www.vectornpixel.com Vector N Pixel

    good article, i just published mixtape cover design: examples & best practices on :
    http://www.vectornpixel.com/articles/mixtape-cover-design-examples-and-best-practices

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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzapuk2OBFs Bessie Score

    Dope blog continue to keep pumpin the posts offered.

  • http://allprohiphop.com The Hip-Hop Blogger

    Excellent showcase! The artwork on some of these covers is incredible. I hope a lot of the younger heads are taking note of yet another potential career for hip-hop entrepreneurs–graphic design.

  • http://encuestasremuneradasinternet.com encuestas remuneradas

    That is an amazing showcase. I just have been looking to this page for about 10 minutes :P

  • http://www.soulsizzle.com SoulSizzle

    Thanks for including my artwork, the Sleeper Cell mixtape (2nd from the top). Glad to be one of the few that doesn’t include money, guns, or cars. Shit is getting mad played out!

  • http://s-preme.com S-Preme

    ya! that cassette tape cover joint is mine! erika simmons aka iri5 (@iri5 on twitter) made it for me, she does alot of cassette/reel to reel/found object art she’s a beast!

  • http://myspace.com/yungcassius313 The Kidd Yung Casius

    Yo these are some of the hottest covers ive ever seen. Im actually a up and coming artist out of Detroit looking for a professional industry cover like one of these myself. Whover is the mastermind behind these, please hit me up. I am interested in flying you a few photos thru the email and seeing what you all come up with for my concept.

  • http://www.mixtapecoverdesigners.com/ mixtape design

    The crazy colors, heavy collage compositing and rich grungy contrast don’t compensate for the lack of imagination and cookie cutter plugin usage. I agree with theComplex and Melody that some are very well done like the cassette tape design. But for the most part they are interesting not exceptional.

  • http://TuArbolDeDinero.com Ganar Dinero

    Your collection is sick man! sick.

  • http://www.encuestasremuneradasfraude.com encuestas remuneradas

    Great collection. I really enjoy it!

  • http://www.negocios-innovadores.org micro nichos rentables

    nice covers they are the hottest covers ive ever seen

  • YUNG WRITTER

    How do I find a program that that I can a mix tape cover

    • Anonymous

      all i can tell is learn photoshop go to youtube and download the portal of the program its free n ask youtube questions like how to create a mixtape cover its alot of tutorials… gd luck

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  • http://www.mixtapecoverdesigners.com/ Mixtape Covers

    damn these covers are pretty creative. I like them. Good job.

  • Anonymous

    Thats Dope!!!