Tales Of Inclination

Inside the image.

A square album cover places a large, pale portrait of a woman in the centre, set against a very dark background. She faces the viewer with her head turned only slightly, looking directly out with a composed expression. Her dark hair blends into the black area behind her; her face and the upper part of her chest are much more brightly lit. She wears dark clothing and dangling earrings, with a fine necklace visible at the base of her neck. The portrait has a photographic appearance, with softly defined edges and a subdued, slightly grainy finish.

Around her, shadowy green forms fill the sides and corners. They look like rounded, uneven folds or sculptural shapes, but their identity is unclear. On the left, a large green form rises from the bottom edge and curves inward behind the portrait, with another rounded shape above it. At right, two similar forms extend from the edge, one around the level of her head and one lower down. Their dark green surfaces have softly blended highlights and shadows, and a few small pale marks are visible on the lower-right form. A small blue-green circular glow near the upper-right corner, ringed by lighter concentric bands, resembles a luminous orb. The nearly black ground leaves little separation between the forms and the background, giving the portrait the strongest contrast and focus.

The artist's name, “paula gardiner”, stretches across the top in large, thin, lowercase orange letters. The text sits over the dark background and nearly reaches both side edges. Along the bottom, “TALES OF INCLINATION” appears in tall, narrow uppercase letters in muted lavender. It spans almost the full width and overlaps the lower part of the portrait, crossing the woman's chest and the surrounding green forms. The cover has no visible border. Its palette is dominated by black and deep green, with the face, orange lettering, lavender title and blue-green glow as the principal light accents.