...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead frontman Conrad Keely is a great artist and is in charge of the band's covers and album art. Here are but a few examples (the Century of Self, done entirely in blue ballpoint pen, is a personal favorite)
Mylene posted this on p.2 of the thread, but the image is not showing, so this repost is good. Thanks!
That cover above is by Mark Shippy, I misspelled the name of the guitarist/artist. cover by Mark Shippy
Front and back cover designed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and friend/photographer Douglas Puddifoot.
At the time of Self Portrait, Dylan's songwriting was hitting a rough patch -- he was recording a lot of tunes done by other people first. Anyway, I don't have a problem with the cover (although it's not one of my favorites), and aside from Planet Waves, it's not like he made a habit of doing his own cover art.
A recent favorite of mine, a sculpture made and photographed by Arctic Monkeys band leader Alex Turner