Delaware artist explains abstract album cover for Mac Miller's 'Balloonerism ... which portrays Mac Miller with a Picasso-style face and a massive balloon head held by a shadowy figure.

"Yeah, they're down," Madlib replied. The cover art for the album features an abstract painting of Mac Miller's face as a balloon being held by a dark figure. Mac Miller Baloonerism cover art.

Above them floats another figure, their hand grasping a balloon, high above the scene ... which aptly had balloons on its cover, and which shot him into mainstream consciousness.

Since two balloon heads are better than one ... "I am a Mac Miller fan, but have never been so inspired by an album cover," Gallacher said about Smith's "Balloonerism" artwork.