Album Cover Draft Ideas

The first idea is an illustrated cover, similar to many indie EPs and singles, like Slaves (originally) or The Wytches. However, I feel that this has not translated well to my cover as it looks tacky, partly due to me being unsuccessful in mimicking that kind of style in my doodles.

The second idea is this hyper-stylised image of a hand, giving the illusion of it being bloodied (matching the band name). The style of it also reminds me of some of the Queens of the Stone Age's album covers, in both colouring (similar to Songs for the Deaf and ...Like Clockwork) and the posterized look (Lullabies to Paralyze). Ultimately I prefer this cover as it works better than the illustrated one.