Etymology

sleeveface

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.