I must say... I love them! :luv2

They're so stylish, simple and serene, especially the CD versions which show the dress as well. It's been a while since Ayu's covers have wowed me so much.

hey question. how do they do that mask effect? Is it a real mask? or is it done with digital effects?

Bigger versions of covers are just only more gorgeous. :smitten

wish everyone would shut up about misono

^I agree...I'm sick of the misono/Ayu comparisons. It's just really unnecessary.

I'm excited to hear Virgin Road, but I think I will wait until a little better quality comes out. I can't stand listening to the mic recordings anymore, can't really get a feel for the songs. But thanks for sharing the news~

i think it's photoshop haha~

^I don't know, it might be a real mask, I mean why not? They did real masks with ourselves. It's not that hard to make a mold of Ayu's face. :shrug
But I guess we'll only know the truth if Ayu mentions it in ViVi or VOCE.

^ yeap we'll never know..
But somehow i think it's just photoshop..
yea, let's wait til we get to see the photoshoot clip/photos if there are any :)

I think its a photoshop too.

maybe she held a dummy mask and then they photoshopped her face over the dummy?

I'm almost sure someone else must've come up with this by the 16th page, but I'm way too lazy to read through all these comments.

I think it's really neat though how she has a mask of herself. It's like the mask is the product and the face is the real ayumi. :)

misono's cover is horrible and vulgar, ayu's one is classy

Heyy, that's a great idea! It just might be it. I can't believe I missed that...

I've always loved the "Real Ayu vs. Product Ayu" -thing she does, like in SURREAL, Real Me and RAINBOW PVs. It's one of the things that really got me into her in the first place. I was 16 back then and the idea of having the real you and the public you separately was a relieving thought! I realized I didn't have to have only one solid personality, but many different sides depending on the situation.

So yeah, I got sidetracked :D. But the point was: good thought. Makes me like these covers even more :).

that's what i think they did. in the 2nd CD only it looks very photoshopped on to me.

I love it but the lips, no!

Thanks for sharing!

^ :yes the lips are the problem, maybe ayu don't know how weird she looks with that expression

^ She will if she would visit this forum and look in these threads.

it's so beautiful now!

I wish someone would tweet her about that, or find some way to let her know that we're tired of this fish-lip pose. Twitter spam in 3...2...1...

if the enxt 10 or w/e mags all have fish lips i'm going to shoot myself