《Dear Adult》專輯主視覺設計｜尋人啟事人聲樂團
本專案為尋人啟事人聲樂團於 2020 年發行的首張專輯《Dear Adult》所設計的主視覺。該專輯獲得金曲獎肯定，是樂團重要的創作里程碑。
主視覺由設計者以抽象的視覺語言出發，呈現一段關於「成長與掙扎」的個人敘事，並刻意保留開放性，讓每一位觀看者都能在其中找到屬於自己的解讀。
在設計初期，創作者正處於心理動盪與自我懷疑的時期，過程中反覆產出的草圖始終無法令自己滿意。直到她決定將創作視為一場自我療癒的過程，一邊聆聽《Dear Adult》的音樂，一邊將內在情緒轉化為圖像，才讓心中的噪音漸漸沉澱，也找到與專輯對話的方式。她希望觀者能在音樂與圖像的交錯中，品出與自身生命經驗共振的情感回甘。
主視覺畫面中，身披「SALES」標語的自由女神象徵資本主義下虛幻的價值追求。畫面中的跳水者，是那些自願投入普世價值體系的象徵；夜幕下無聲亮起與熄滅的燈火，則反映人在熱鬧過後的孤寂與失落。
畫中人物的皮膚被扭曲的紋理覆蓋，象徵當代人在白日裡被社會耗盡，夜晚卻無處安放悲傷的心理狀態。兩位靜坐窗邊的人物，則呈現出對自身枷鎖有所覺察卻無法脫身的無力與徬徨，是整個世代共有的縮影與真實心聲。
《Dear Adult》並不企圖給出關於「成為大人」的標準答案，而是邀請人們在這段旅途中停下腳步，重新理解那是一場與自己不斷對話與交手的過程，也是一份繼續走下去的勇氣。
對設計者而言，這次合作不只是完成了一件視覺作品，更在創作與人生之間開啟了一段難得的喘息與整理。
我們都還在路上，而屬於每個人自己的出口，也許正慢慢浮現。
Dear Adult – Album Visual Design for The Wanted Vocal Band
This project presents the visual identity for Dear Adult, the debut album released in 2020 by The Wanted Vocal Band, a work that later received critical acclaim at the Golden Melody Awards. The album marks a significant milestone for the group, both musically and conceptually.
The main visual, created by the designer, unfolds a personal narrative of “growth and inner struggle” through an abstract visual language. Rather than offering a fixed interpretation, the work intentionally leaves space for each viewer to form their own emotional connection.
At the time of creation, the designer was navigating a period of emotional turbulence and self-doubt. Early drafts of the artwork failed to resonate with her, until she began to treat the design process as a form of self-healing.
Listening repeatedly to the songs from Dear Adult, she translated her emotional landscape into imagery. Through this act of making, the inner noise began to quiet—gently cleansed by the music itself. The final visual became her way of responding to the album: a hope that viewers might experience a similar reflection, blending the music with their own life stories to discover a lingering, personal resonance.
In the composition, the Statue of Liberty draped in a “SALES” tag represents the illusion of value under capitalism. The diving figures depict those who willingly submit to the universal race for success and validation, while the flickering lights of windows at night symbolize the loneliness and disconnection hidden beneath everyday noise and activity.
The figures' skin is covered in distorted textures, representing the exhaustion experienced by a generation drained by societal demands during the day and unable to place or process their sadness by night. Two characters sit silently by the windows, embodying the quiet realization of invisible chains and the helplessness of not knowing how to break free—a shared feeling across a restless generation.
Dear Adult does not aim to offer answers. Instead, it invites each of us to pause, and to reexamine what it means to grow up. It reflects a lifelong negotiation with the self—and the quiet, persistent courage to continue forward.
For the designer, this project was more than the completion of a visual piece. It became a space between life and creation, where breath could return and clarity emerge.
We are all still on the way. And perhaps, just ahead, a path that belongs to you is beginning to take shape.
主視覺海報｜Visual poster
關於主視覺，創作者的話：
這次的主視覺以抽象的形式訴說著我自己的故事，而如何講述這個故事的主導權在每一位觀者身上。
「成長不只是肉體上的變化，更是精神上的反覆掙扎，在自己身上反覆的發生，對於陳舊的自己發出抗議。」，剛接下這個機會時的我也正經歷著自己心理狀態的動蕩不安，深陷在自我懷疑漩渦中的狀態影響了最初交出了一系列讓自己也滿意不了的設計草圖。
但當我視這次的創作過程為一趟自我療癒的旅程，一邊聽著樂團的創作、一邊將感受化為圖像，我內心的吵雜聲也默默地被音樂淨化了。正如同這張專輯的音樂帶給我的一樣，我希望觀者也能將我的圖像以及音樂作品一同品嚐，最後連結到自己的生命經歷，並在各自心中回甘出獨特的滋味。
我們的快樂被資本，悲傷也被大量印刷，圖下方身穿Sales標誌的自由女神像象徵的是我們普世價值所追尋的金錢與名利，多數人們，甚至包括從前的我，以為將快樂建築在這樣的基礎上即為生命的一切。
被社會尖銳眼光綑綁的人們將錯就錯地合理化了被這樣的思想束縛了的自己，畫面中跳水的人象徵著一群盲目跳入這樣普世價值的自願者，索性將自己也當作商品放在網路市場中，等著被左滑淘汰或是右滑接受。
當夜晚看著家家前前有的燈開、有的燈關，各式的喧鬧與刺激在夜深人靜之際只顯得空虛，不免好奇別人是否也會像我一樣感受到一種名為憂鬱的毒素在自己的體內蔓延？或許每一個人都有一個巨大的悲傷安靜的躺在自己的心上。
主視覺中的人物皮膚都被扭曲的紋理覆蓋，其中兩側窗邊鬱鬱寡歡的人象徵著這世代的人在白天被社會所吞噬了的能量，當意識到了自己身上所背負著的隱形枷鎖卻又找不到掙脫出去的方法，只能獨自徬徨的思考如何安置自己無處豢養的悲傷。
但世上沒有一套固定公式能夠為形形色色的人們解出什麼叫成功的完美答案，生命意義甚至不僅止於尋找這樣的答案，它的多姿有趣就是在於享受過程，我們都正以不同形式面對不同模樣的自我拉扯，在這趟生命歷程中我們誰也還沒有走到盡頭，感謝Dear Adult不只給予了我在創作過程、甚至是在面對這趟生命旅程中能放手一博的勇氣，我們總要相信有那麼一個方法或那麼一條路。大家都能以不同形式攜手相伴到達各自心中理想的那個新篇章。
About the Visual｜From the Creator
This visual was created as an abstract narration of my own story—
but how the story is told, and what it means, is ultimately up to each viewer.
“Growing up isn’t just about physical change, but about the ongoing inner struggle—
a repeated protest against the older versions of ourselves.”
When I first took on this project, I was going through a period of deep emotional unrest.
Trapped in a whirlpool of self-doubt, I delivered a series of drafts that even I couldn’t feel satisfied with.
It wasn’t until I saw this creative process as a journey of self-healing—listening to The Wanted Vocal Band’s music as I transformed those feelings into images—
that the noise inside me began to quiet down.The music gently purified my inner chaos.
Just as the album soothed me, I hope the visuals I created, when paired with the music,
can offer viewers a layered taste that resonates with their own life experiences—
a quiet, lingering aftertaste of something personal.
In this world, our happiness has been capitalized, our sorrows mass-produced.
The Statue of Liberty bearing the word “SALES” at the bottom of the composition symbolizes how money and fame have become our modern-day holy grail.
Many people—including a former version of myself—have been led to believe that happiness must be built upon such values, as though this were life’s only possible foundation.
Those bound by society’s harsh gaze often justify the invisible chains they wear.
The diving figures in the artwork represent those who blindly leap into this universal value system, willingly treating themselves as products—placed on the marketplace of the internet, waiting to be swiped left, swiped right, accepted or rejected.
At night, when some lights are on and others are off, amid the fading echoes of social noise and stimulation, an emptiness rises. It makes me wonder—do others also feel, as I do,
that a quiet toxin called “melancholy” is spreading within them?
Maybe everyone carries a quiet, heavy sorrow resting on their chest.The distorted textures covering each figure’s skin reflect how this generation is consumed by society during the day, yet unable to place their grief at night.
The two melancholic figures by the windows on either side of the frame represent those of us who have begun to recognize the invisible chains we carry—but still haven’t found a way to break free.They sit in quiet contemplation, trying to find a place for the sorrow that cannot be contained.There is no universal formula for what success should look like.The meaning of life may not lie in finding the answer at all—but in experiencing the journey itself.
Each of us is wrestling with different parts of ourselves in different ways.None of us has reached the end of the road just yet.
Dear Adult gave me not only a creative opportunity, but also the courage to take a leap in my life. It reminded me that somewhere, somehow, there is always a way forward—
and that in our own ways, we’ll find one another as we each move toward the next chapter we long for.
專輯封面設計｜Album Cover Design
歌詞冊設計｜Album Booklet Design
專輯週邊設計｜Album Merchandise Design
