Album Cover Drafts
I drafted a couple of different album covers before choosing one to develop.
The first one here is difficult to read and the way the text has been draw makes the image look like it could reflect upon a different genre, for example Metal. I wanted my album cover to have more of an indie feel to it, so I chose a different image as the background, and a different font.
This is the second one I chose to develop.
In the first design I set the text size too small and put it in the to left corner. I didn't think this looked interesting or pleasing to the eye, and it was difficult to read. Although many real artists do place their name and album name here, I chose to do it differently by incorporating the text into the background image.
In the final development I adjusted the positioning and blurred the text slightly, adding some blue behind the band name to make it more eye catching and a little less black and white.
I chose similar images to the front one for the other sides and added track names that fit in well with the background. I did this using the free transform tool, rotating the text to line it up with the background image. I also added some text at the bottom (a copyright notice, and information about the recording), and a bar code which corresponds with common conventions.
Inside the CD digipak, I adjusted the colour of the images so they fit in with the ones on the front. I did this by placing a blue coloured layer behind the images and then adjusting the opacity of the images so that some of the blue shines through. I also made the CD look as if it’s actually been placed in a plastic holder, for effect.
I drafted a couple of different album covers before choosing one to develop.
The first one here is difficult to read and the way the text has been draw makes the image look like it could reflect upon a different genre, for example Metal. I wanted my album cover to have more of an indie feel to it, so I chose a different image as the background, and a different font.This is the second one I chose to develop.In the first design I set the text size too small and put it in the to left corner. I didn't think this looked interesting or pleasing to the eye, and it was difficult to read. Although many real artists do place their name and album name here, I chose to do it differently by incorporating the text into the background image.
In the final development I adjusted the positioning and blurred the text slightly, adding some blue behind the band name to make it more eye catching and a little less black and white.
I chose similar images to the front one for the other sides and added track names that fit in well with the background. I did this using the free transform tool, rotating the text to line it up with the background image. I also added some text at the bottom (a copyright notice, and information about the recording), and a bar code which corresponds with common conventions.
Inside the CD digipak, I adjusted the colour of the images so they fit in with the ones on the front. I did this by placing a blue coloured layer behind the images and then adjusting the opacity of the images so that some of the blue shines through. I also made the CD look as if it’s actually been placed in a plastic holder, for effect.
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