What does "sleeveface" mean?

A photograph in which a record sleeve is intentionally placed to create the illusion of the cover art blending into the scene (especially a face or other body part on an album cover obscuring and seeming to replace the same part on a person in the photograph).

Sleeveface

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Noun

1
A photograph in which a record sleeve is intentionally placed to create the illusion of the cover art blending into the scene (especially a face or other body part on an album cover obscuring and seeming to replace the same part on a person in the photograph).
"The fad has been sweeping the Internet, with sleevefaces popping up on Facebook and art sites."

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"The fad has been sweeping the Internet, with sleevefaces popping up on Facebook and art sites."

Etymology

From sleeve (“a protective jacket or case”) + face.

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cover art

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