Editing Close to the Edge (section)

== Artwork ==
[[File:Tarn, Haystacks - geograph.org.uk - 882818.jpg|thumb|right|The inner sleeve artwork was inspired by the [[Tarn (lake)|tarns]] in the [[Lake District]]]]

''Close to the Edge'' was packaged with a [[gatefold|gatefold sleeve]] designed and illustrated by [[Roger Dean (artist)|Roger Dean]], who had also designed the cover for ''Fragile'' (1971). It marked the first appearance of the [[Yes bubble logo|band's bubble logotype]], placed on top of a simple front cover design of a linear [[color gradient|colour gradient]] from black to green.<ref name=LPsleeve/> Dean came up with the logo without the band's knowledge and before they had started work on ''Close to the Edge''. He sketched it out during a train journey from London to [[Brighton]] with the idea that the three letters could be put together "in an interesting way". Upon Dean's arrival in Brighton, he had finished it. Dean pitched the idea of having the title lettering silver-blocked like a traditional book but it never materialised.<ref name=teamrockdean/> Dean's logo has been described as a "[[calligraphy|calligraphed]] [[Colophon (publishing)|colophon]]".{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=120}}

In his original design, Dean wanted the album to resemble the quality of a gold embossed book and have a leather texture as he had owned many leather-bound sketchbooks.<ref name=teamrockdean>{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-17/roger-dean-how-i-designed-the-yes-classic-close-to-the-edge|title=Roger Dean: How I designed the Yes classic Close to the Edge|first=Sid|last=Smith|date=17 October 2016|publisher=Team Rock|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfte.org/interviews/rd308.html|title=NFTE #308: Conversation with Roger Dean from 3 September 2008|publisher=Notes from the Edge|first=Mike|last=Tiano|year=2008|access-date=29 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102053213/http://nfte.org/interviews/RD308.html|archive-date=2 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dean gained inspiration for the artwork during a visit to [[Haystacks (Lake District)|Haystacks]], a tall hill in the [[Lake District]]. He took a photograph at its summit and observing the many [[tarns]] surrounding it. "I was imagining this lake as something grander [...] How could it sustain itself on the tippy top of a mountain?"<ref name=villagevoice2013>{{cite news|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/07/31/roger-dean-is-the-most-important-person-in-yes-who-actually-isnt-in-yes/|title=Roger Dean Is the Most Important Person in Yes Who Actually Isn't in Yes|first=Michael Alan|last=Goldberg|date=31 July 2013|newspaper=The Village Voice|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> The sleeve includes pictures of the group and Offord that were photographed by Dean and [[Martyn Adelman]], who had played with Squire in the late 1960s as a member of [[The Syn]].<ref name=LPsleeve/> Dean wrote the sleeve's text and lyric sheet by hand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestclassicbands.com/getting-close-to-the-edge-with-roger-dean-10-21-15/|title=Roger Dean Interview: Getting Close to the Edge|first=Greg|last=Brodsky|date=21 October 2015|publisher=Best Classic Bands|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> On reflection on the album's design, Dean said: "There were a couple of ideas that merged there. It was of a waterfall constantly refreshing itself, pouring from all sides of the lake, but where was the water coming from? I was looking for an image to portray that".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Roger Dean: The artist behind the music|first=Jeri|last=Rowe|date=23 April 2004|newspaper=Greensboro News-Record}}</ref>