I think that this Katy Perry CD cover effectively tells a story. When you initially look at this image, it relates to the idea of summer time and fun. She is laying on a blanket in a lounge chair outside. The first thing I noticed was the color scheme which includes a lot of bright pink tones. The story is that this album is light and fun. It really embodies the persona of Katy Perry and her music. After looking at it for a while you notice details such as the record player, flamingos, the perfect blue sky, and flowers. The text changes the way we look at this image, though, because it says “one of the boys” which is not what the image portrays at all. The cover is girly and flirty, but the texts suggests something unexpected. Her hat, shorts, and the text create a line of blue that leads your eye down. I think this is a good example of an unexpected story, because the image does not necessarily portray a sense of being “one of the boys.”
This cover shows a lot about Katy Perry as a person and performer. The color usage is very effective as it shows her girly side, relating to the pink in her name, in addition to the more serious boy-ish side, stemming from the blue in the text of “one of the boys.” I like the mixture of not only color on this cover, but mash up of feelings and personalities of Perry.
I like this cover simply because it conveys what summer is all about, fun. The bright flowers, flamingo, lounge chair and record player are all iconic symbols of summer and are really refreshing. The way Katie seductively holds her sunglasses symbolizes the naughty fun that her music and summer bring.