Dangerous: The Demos Album Art

[Glitchex64]

I'm working on a project called Dangerous: The Demos. Basically, it's a fan-made compilation album of demos recorded by Michael Jackson for Dangerous. I've recently done projects like this for Thriller and Bad as well. For Dangerous, I was having trouble coming up with album art ideas. Since then, I've made 12 different cover arts. Which one looks the best?
V1: https://imgur.com/YdRBgpp
V2: https://imgur.com/jYQcJzE
V3: https://imgur.com/ayBNBxP
V4: https://imgur.com/tn85V2n
V5: https://imgur.com/wWPNJ02
V6: https://imgur.com/4Rk5wRr
V7: https://imgur.com/BcRopeZ
V8: https://imgur.com/adXWiSj
V9: https://imgur.com/9RBuBn3
V10: https://imgur.com/SV1BLtq
V11: https://imgur.com/YIgVZuC
V12: https://imgur.com/tf6b5xr

 

[SmoothCriminal1995]

Great job!!

Personally I'd go with version 9. #
It represents the era from which the music came the best. The one thing distracting me with the panther shot (as great as it is) is the panther looks startled which distracts from what the cover represents. Brilliant work on all the covers though, I love the fonts and they're all different and very creative.

If you're ever stuck for ideas for pictures around the Dangerous era, the Herb Ritts photo-shoots of Michael around the Dangerous era are some of the best photos taken of him. Both the pre album shots (fencing gear and gold outfit etc) and the In The Closet stills are incredible and artistic. Plus most are HQ

 

[Glitchex64]

Yeah, I like Version 9 a lot also, but I think I prefer Version 10 over 9. The gold border adds a bit more detail. I checked out the Herb Ritts photos, and they're really neat. Usually, I put a collage of photos taken in the era on the back cover, so I'll probably use one of those there.