Since I’m kind of a completist at heart when it comes to music I’m passionate about, I couldn’t handle having Love For Sale in my album collection without artwork. So I decided to design simple, clean artwork to print out and put inside a jewel case. Oh and also because my greatest joy design-wise is designing album art for musicians, however miniscule the final concept may be.
I was limited on imagery to use, since there isn’t a whole lot about Bilal on the internet, period. I chose to utilize the best I could find, however inappropriate for a studio album it may be. I was almost going to approach this in a very psychedelic manner, but chose to just keep it simple and I didn’t want to spend too long on it.
Anyway, figured I’d share it, for any of you other die-hard Bilal fans out there who’d like artwork but don’t have the means to produce some.
I’ve been colorful lately in design work, don’t know what that’s about…guess it’s a phase.
Otherwise, I encourage you to design your own and share. I know I’d like to see it.
Note: This prints best on standard card stock. It gives it a nice vintage faded look, which I was going for.
The Cover for iTunes/computers:

Bilal — Love For Sale
Downloadable zipped file:
Contains high resolution PDF’s of the Front Insert and the Back Tray Card, also includes the above iTunes album cover.
right-click and choose “save link as” or simply click it and it should give you a download prompt.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Photos utilized in this completely non-profit venture are by Amanda Ramirez.
Thanks for reading and take care,
Joe









love it joe!!! you rock my world!
i’m sure you’ve heard this question before but i feel left in the dark…do you know where i can get my hands on that album? i am very willing to pay.
You can find it several places on the internet for free — since it was never actually released. Simply do a google search for “Bilal Love For Sale download” and you should find it.
http://www.google.com/search?q=bilal+love+for+sale+download
I don’t feel right posting links to download albums on my website, but several blogs host music to download.
Hope that helps!
Joe