Editing Weathered (section)

==Title, artwork and packaging==
[[File:Weathered Alternate Cover.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover artwork for ''Weathered'' with the enlarged solid white wordmark and album title, and Mark Tremonti's head carved facing to the right.]]

The album title, according to Scott Stapp, was chosen by the band as it was felt that it represented where they were at the time. Stapp states "The band was splitting apart. My struggles, and Brian [Marshall]’s struggles with other issues outside the band really defined where we were as a group." Stapp noted there was nothing preplanned with regard to the title, but that it was something honest and that "just came out." Mark Tremonti also added that the band was beginning to go through its initial stages of their eventual break-up, and that "It was probably the darkest time for the band."<ref name=Spin/> 

The artwork for the album was designed by Mark Tremonti's brother, Daniel Tremonti, who also designed all of the band's album covers. The front cover depicts an unknown man in the foreground holding a hammer and chisel while carving the faces of Stapp, Tremonti, and Philips into the wood of a heavily [[moss]]ed tree. Some versions of the cover have Tremonti's head carved facing to the right, with the wordmark now centred and slightly larger, in solid white, and the album title, also enlarged, at the bottom with a black [[drop shadow]].

As with the artwork for their previous album, ''Human Clay'', the artwork for ''Weathered'' was incorporated into an online interactive game called Creed Quest. Daniel Tremonti devised the original concept and had been working with the band on design and marketing concepts since the Blue Collar Records version of ''[[My Own Prison]]''. Tremonti's marketing and design firm, Three Mountain Group, was the game's developer. Soon after the release of the album in late 2001, banner ads and mysterious posts began appearing on Creed fan sites, which redirected users to a website called creedquest.com. Creed Quest officially launched on January 21, 2002, and after just a couple of weeks boasted over 40,000 participants. Creed Quest was broken down into eight weekly instalments, and was played on a points system, whereby points were accumulated by successfully completing tasks, challenges, answering questions about the band, and unraveling mysteries surrounding a different fictitious short story each week. Players with the most points were then eligible for weekly prizes and one grand-prize — a trip to [[Universal Orlando|Universal Studios Orlando]] for lunch with the band, among other activities. The foundation for Creed Quest had been laid years in advance prior to the release of ''Human Clay''. Clues for the contest could be obtained in various Creed songs and album artwork, such as the clocks seen throughout the liner notes of ''Human Clay''. Other prizes included signed items, watches, sunglasses, and props such as the granite slab with "Weathered" carved into it that is seen in the artwork of the liner notes of ''Weathered''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1452103/creed-quest-gives-online-fans-something-to-think-about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024122114/http://www.mtv.com/news/1452103/creed-quest-gives-online-fans-something-to-think-about/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2021|title=Creed Quest Gives Online Fans Something To Think About|last=Dangelo|first=Joe|date=January 31, 2002|website=www.mtv.com|publisher=MTV|access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://noisecreep.com/creed-incorporates-album-art-into-online-contest/|title=Creed Incorporates Album Art Into Online Contest|last=Bliss|first=Karen|date=September 17, 2009|website=www.noisecreep.com|publisher=Noisecreep|access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref>