 Stephen Stickler acted as the band 's photographer , and Jay Papke and Dante Ariola directed the album 's cover art and booklet . The cover depicts a little girl in a purple dress with a matching bow in her blonde hair , bringing her swing to a stop to squint in the sun at the man standing before her . The man is only seen as a dark shadow on the ground , and is holding what appears to be a horse shoe or , more presumably , blades . The band 's logo , a childlike drawing of the band 's name created by lead singer Jonathan Davis , is seen on the sandy ground by Dark Shadow ; the way it 's positioned next to the girls ' shadow makes it appear the latter is being hanged . 
