Custom album cover art for musicians and bands
You rock. You jam. You slay. Get an album cover design that does, too. Start a Design Contest and our designers will create quality, custom album cover art you’ll love.
- Professional designers—all rated and reviewed
- Dozens of album cover design concepts to explore
- Custom album cover art in about a week
100% money-back guarantee
Digital, podcast or vinyl: we’ve got your album covered
Album art that rocks as hard as you do
Your album cover a visual symphony that tells your story with incredible illustrations, gorgeous photography and stunning design. Our artists are masters of the latest design trends, and they’ll design a professional album cover for your music or podcast that you can print or post online.
Get all this with your album cover art:
Multiple designers (who find you)
Our entire global design community will have access to your contest and will send you all sorts of creative design ideas, unique to your album.
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Ready-to-go files and total freedom
Your new album cover comes with production-ready files that you can hand off to a printer. Plus, the copyright’s all yours.
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Satisfaction, guaranteed
We’ve got your back every step of the way. Don’t like your final album art options? You get 100% of your money back. It’s that simple.
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How an album cover art contest works
1. Tell us what you want
Our interactive creative brief makes it simple to describe your design challenge and set your budget.
2. Get dozens of album covers
Our global community of professional album artists present their ideas. You provide feedback.
3. Pick your favorite
Seven days later, choose your winning album cover. It's like picking your favorite child.
Classical to classic rock: we’ve got art for you
US$199
Original music inspired by classic rock, indie rock, and folk.
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entries
21
designers
US$999
We provide relaxing audio tracks featuring bedtime stories for listeners to fall asleep to. The podcast will be availabl
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entries
13
designers
US$599
I'm a rock/progressive-metal guitarist/artist
https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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entries
23
designers
US$199
Our mission is to point people to Christ through songs and stories of hope. We do that through our record label. We have
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designers
US$299
Rock band with members of The Rolling Stones, CCR, John Mellencamp, Wilson Pickett.
Male & Female
Age: 18+
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designers
US$999
I am a record producer and electronic music artist (my artist name is "PLW") and I'm about to launch my first album of t
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designers
US$599
Sophical is a 23 year old up-and-coming artist who has already released one full length rap/rnb concept album and plans
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US$999
We provide relaxing audio tracks featuring bedtime stories for listeners to fall asleep to. The podcast will be availabl
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US$599
L.A. Calling is a dance rock band, born and bred on the streets of Los Angeles, California. Founded by L.A. native David
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designers
US$299
Family Band World Guitar Quartet
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entries
8
designers
Professional album covers, no matter your budget
Got the hottest new indie band? We’ve got you covered. Or the latest and greatest podcast? We do that, too. Whatever you need, we’ve got fast, beautiful album art from the pros. Prices exclude Sales Tax.
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Your burning album cover art FAQs, answered.
Everything you need to move to production. Your album cover art will be uploaded in the correct formats based on your stated needs. Typically this means a production-ready Adobe Illustrator file, Adobe Photoshop file, PDF file or EPS file.
Plus, you’ll get the full legal copyright, so the design will be all yours.
Yes. If you have any specific images (like a logo or a band photo) that need to be included with your album art, please submit them to designers with your brief.
Unless you request otherwise, your designer may also use stock images (purchased from a third party) in your design. If a designer uses stock art in a design, they’ll tell you which images they are and use watermarked versions of them in their entries. Once you choose the winning design, you’ll need to purchase the stock art and provide it to the winning designer so they can complete the design.
Unless you request otherwise, your designer may also use stock images (purchased from a third party) in your design. If a designer uses stock art in a design, they’ll tell you which images they are and use watermarked versions of them in their entries. Once you choose the winning design, you’ll need to purchase the stock art and provide it to the winning designer so they can complete the design.
Absolutely (and we love it when that happens)! When your album art contest has finished, you can start a 1-to-1 project with your winning designer.
We guarantee that you’ll get great album cover art at any pricing level, but our higher-priced packages give you more design options and better support.
Here’s how it works: When you pay more, the prize for the winning designer is bigger, too. More experienced designers participate in your contest, so you get more high-quality designs to choose from. More options means additional time that's needed to review your designs. That’s why our Gold and Platinum packages offer dedicated managers to help streamline that process by writing creative briefs and giving your designers feedback.
When selecting your album art contest package, think about how much time you’ll have and what experience you have writing briefs and working with designers. If you're still unsure, contact us for a design consultation.
Here’s how it works: When you pay more, the prize for the winning designer is bigger, too. More experienced designers participate in your contest, so you get more high-quality designs to choose from. More options means additional time that's needed to review your designs. That’s why our Gold and Platinum packages offer dedicated managers to help streamline that process by writing creative briefs and giving your designers feedback.
When selecting your album art contest package, think about how much time you’ll have and what experience you have writing briefs and working with designers. If you're still unsure, contact us for a design consultation.
We offer a 100% money-back guarantee within 60 days of payment on all Album Cover Art Contests, except those with a guaranteed prize and those that have entered the Final Round. You can also call us anytime to help you rewrite your brief, reopen your project to ensure you get a good result and help you pick a winning design. Remember, if we refund your contest, you aren’t legally entitled to use any of the designs submitted to your contest.
Lots of ideas! If you’re looking for inspiration, explore 99designs for fantastic examples of album art created by our design community.
Bring as many specifics as you can, too. Include music genre, band or podcast details, lyrics, song or episode samples, dimensions, designs you like, printing requirements and any other specifications that would affect your design.
The more you give the designers, the better they can design album covers for you.
Bring as many specifics as you can, too. Include music genre, band or podcast details, lyrics, song or episode samples, dimensions, designs you like, printing requirements and any other specifications that would affect your design.
The more you give the designers, the better they can design album covers for you.
Your custom album cover contest includes one winning album cover. If, for example, you need a second cover or an additional size for a CD or vinyl cover, you have a few options: you can award multiple winners, run a second contest or you can start a 1-to-1 Project with your winning designer to create the additional assets.
On 99designs, designers agree to upload only original artwork, so each designer owns the rights to their design submissions until you choose your contest’s winner. During the design handover stage, the designer agrees to transfer the rights, and you become the owner of the copyright of that album cover.
Choose “Make your contest private” from the Contest options section before you launch your album cover art contest. This will prohibit designers from using their designs elsewhere, and your contest will be unsearchable on the web.
This will automatically attach a standard NDA template to your contest. If you prefer, you can also upload your own NDA.
This will automatically attach a standard NDA template to your contest. If you prefer, you can also upload your own NDA.
Let’s talk!
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