An epic cover for a great album. Jeff Lynne apparently wrote all the tracks during a three-and-a-half week period somewhere in the Swiss alps. Still sounds great.
![My version of the ELO cover "Out of the Blue" from 1977, illustration by Shusei Nagaoka. A colourful flying saucer with the ELO logo on top and a shuttle arriving at the space port.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/Out-of-the-Blue-by-airwhale.jpg?media=1724533505)
The original illustration was made by Japanese illustrator Shusei Nagaoka and it contains so many details. This version is somewhat simplified.
Album design is by Kosh who has a LOT of other great cover designs in their portfolio.
Created using Affinity Designer on iPad and all vectors, except for the starfield backdrop where I got tired and put in a stock photo.
Below is the full version, including the backside as seen when this double album is folded out.
![My HD vector version of the epic ELO album cover for "Out of the Blue" - the one with the flying saucer and a shuttle arriving at the dock.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/Out-of-the-Blue-by-Shusei-Nagaoka-HD.png?media=1724533505)
Just for fun, I made a 4K version as well.